PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – USA (33): (SC) feline, human exposure

Rabies — United States
6 people in Woodruff are being treated after possibly being exposed to rabies by a cat that tested positive for the disease, the Department of Health and Environmental Control announced on Friday [18 Sep 2015]. DHEC said the exposures occurred on [Sunday & Monday] Sept. 13 and 14 after a family’s cat, which was not current on rabies vaccinations, suffered a wound of unknown origin and was not immediately taken to a veterinarian. 5 family members and 1 other individual were “bitten or otherwise