Transmission to man is basically through the bite of a rabid animal. It is a universal disease affecting wild and domestic animals. In the period comprised between march 2006 to may 2009, only 12.3% patients were infected, which is tantamount to 7 patients out of the 58 patients treated in that period.
La transmisión al hombre se produce básicamente por mordedura de un animal rabioso; es un padecimiento de distribución universal, que afecta tanto a animales domésticos como salvajes siendo los meses de verano los de mayor prevalencia.