Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – USA (12): (NM) fox, human exp, new bat strain virus
PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – USA (12): (NM) fox, human exp, new bat strain virus
Rabies -- Worldwide/UnknownHealth officials say tests indicate that a fox that bit a woman in southern New Mexico had a new strain of rabies. The 78 year old woman was bitten in Lincoln County on [20 Apr 2015]. She then got rabies vaccinations that prevented her from developing rabies, which is often fatal.The state Department of Health says genetic testing of the virus was done at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta [Georgia].New Mexico health secretary Retta Ward says Read more [...]
