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Contact with infected bats is the most common cause of human rabies deaths in the US, but dog rabies remains common worldwide. Learn about other wildlife that can carry rabies, post-exposure prophylaxis, high-risk hobbies and careers, and what rabies can teach us all. Andrew Steenhoff, MBBCh, DCH, attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at CHOP and Medical Director of CHOP's Global Health Center joins us in Episode 173 for a fascinating review of rabies in the US and globally, so we can all aim to prevent this disease in children.