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A 36-Year-Old Female Is Bit by a Raccoon and Presents

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A 36-year-old female is bit by a raccoon and presents to the emergency department with mild trauma to her right lower extremity. Following a triage assessment, the patient's wound is cleaned and dressed. The physician verbalizes concern that the patient may have been exposed to rabies from the bite. One role of the RN is to provide education to the patient regarding rabies infection and its transmission.
-If the patient develops rabies infection,you know that it must be reported to local and state public health officials.Which of the following diseases is also reportable in the United States?


Definitions:

Ascending track

Nervous system pathways that carry sensory information from the body up to the brain.

Spinal cord

A long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain. It is a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain.

Motor information

Neural signals that originate in the brain and are conveyed to the spinal cord and muscles, guiding voluntary movements.

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