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Sudbury Health Department reports pertussis case, rabid coyote incident and rising ADU/septic inquiries; mosquito tests negative

Town of Sudbury Board of Health · October 24, 2024
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Summary

Sudbury Health Department reported one confirmed pertussis case with contact-tracing guidance, a daytime rabid coyote attack that required testing and follow-up, increased public requests about ADUs constrained by septic capacity, and low mosquito trap counts with negative EEE and West Nile results.

At the Town of Sudbury Board of Health meeting staff reported several public-health developments: one confirmed case of pertussis, a daytime coyote bite that led to rabies testing, a spike in accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) inquiries constrained by local septic capacity, and mosquito surveillance that returned negative results for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile virus.

"We've had 1 case of pertussis," the health department's report stated, and staff described the typical course of illness and the department's procedures for notifying close contacts and advising prophylactic azithromycin when appropriate;…

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