Friday, 13 April 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies - Americas (18): USA (AZ) fox, human exposure

Rabies -- Worldwide/Unknown
A gray fox that bit a child [Wed 28 Mar 2018] at the Chiricahua National Monument has tested positive for rabies.
The victim, a 9-year-old boy, was treated for rabies the same day and released from Tucson Medical Center, Arizona Game and Fish Department Public Information Officer Mark A. Hart said.
Spokeswoman Libby Schaaf, with the National Park Service, said that the Arizona Department of Health Services Office of Infectious Disease Services confirmed that the fox, euthanized [Thu Mar

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5745750&promed&0

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