Wednesday, 19 July 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (34): Americas, USA (TX), bat, human exposure

Rabies -- United States
A woman, KK, told the outlet that she was bitten in an apartment complex parking garage last [Thu 13 Jul 2017] night off Memorial Drive [near Houston's Buffalo Bayou Park]. She said the bat bite felt like tiny needles.
The bat was later trapped by firefighters at the scene and was tested for rabies. A day later she was contacted and told that the bat did in fact carry the disease. Now KK is undergoing a series of rather expensive rabies treatments, which according to her have been in excess

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

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