Rabies — United States
The Wyoming Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the state’s 1st recorded case of human rabies. The Casper Star-Tribune reports () that officials announced on Friday [2 Oct 2015] that a woman from Fremont County had contracted the disease. They say she may have been exposed to the virus by a bat.
State public health veterinarian Dr Karl Musgrave says rabies is often found in animals such as bats and skunks, but human cases are rare. He says
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