Tuesday, 22 October 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies (47): Americas (USA) skunk, alert

Rabies -- United States
A dead skunk found in West Bloomfield [Oakland County, Michigan] has tested positive for rabies, health authorities announced [Thu 17 Oct 2019].
The finding is the latest in a string of 15 rabies-infected animals verified this year [2019] by Oakland County health officials -- nearly double the 8 that were found by this time in 2018.
"Certainly the number of cases this year [2019] is a concern but also because many of these were found close to each other" in residential areas, said Bill

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6740671&promed&0

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