Friday, 30 December 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies - Americas (43): USA (NY) fox, human exposure

Rabies -- United States
Two people are being treated for exposure to the rabies virus after separate encounters with gray foxes in Oswego County [New York State] this week [25-31 Dec 2016].
The Oswego County Health Department reports that the 1st incident took place on Christmas Day [25 Dec 2016] in the town of Palermo, where a gray fox bit a human.
The fox was not able to be tested for the rabies virus and the individual began post-exposure rabies treatment on 26 Dec 2016.
In a separate incident on Tuesday,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2hxP7Cv

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