Monday, 21 January 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (02): Americas, USA (FL) otter, human exposure

Rabies -- United States
A woman in Florida says she was bit and scratched by an aggressive otter while she was taking her dog for a walk at a park. She suspects that the otter an officer shot and tested positive for rabies was the one that attacked her.
On 8 Jan 2019, [A.-C.L.] was attacked by an otter while she was walking her dog at Lake Lily Park. According to [A.-C.L.], she visits the park daily but had never seen an otter before then.
[A.-C.L.] was walking on a bridge by the lake's eastern shore when she

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6269443&promed&0

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