Canada Maine Verm ew Hampshire Lake Ontario New York Massach

Canada Maine Verm ew Hampshire Lake Ontario New York Massachusetts hode Island Connecticut Pennsylvania ew Jersey Ohio Marylan aware Atlantic Ocean West Virg 1977-79 Virginia 1980-84 The epidemic started here in 1985-89 the 1970s 1990-93 North Carolina 1994-97 No raccoon rabies detected South Carolina re spread of a rabies epidemic in accoons in the eastern United States since 1977 (From the Centers for Disease courtesy of w Krebs. lohn

Solution

Answer= The epidemic of rabies in eastern north america began in the late 1970 s

in virginia & has been spreading for more than 30 years

This epedamic probably started when humans brought diseased racoons in the area from southern eastern state

Raccon rabies cross the border into ontario ,cannada in 1998& also spread through south

In 1998 also spread south meeting another epidemic coming north from florida

From fig. 8.12 a major epidemic of rabies came out of Russia in the 1930s & was first reported in poland in 1939

It has moved at westward at a rate of 20- 60 km per year reaching the nothern coast of france in late 1980s

More than 70% animals are red foxex