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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – Taiwan: (CH) ferret-badger, human exposure

Rabies -- ChinaA woman living in mountainous Meishan Township in Chiayi County was bitten by a ferret-badger that was later found to be infected with rabies, the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine said Friday [30 Oct 2015]It is the 1st rabies case reported in the township since rabies was rediscovered in Taiwan in 2013 after the island had been free of the disease since the early 1960s, the bureau said.The 79-year-old woman was attacked by the ferret-badger in the yard of Read more [...]