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PRO/AH/EDR> Rabies – Americas (43): USA (NY) fox, human exposure

Rabies -- United StatesTwo people are being treated for exposure to the rabies virus after separate encounters with gray foxes in Oswego County [New York State] this week [25-31 Dec 2016].The Oswego County Health Department reports that the 1st incident took place on Christmas Day [25 Dec 2016] in the town of Palermo, where a gray fox bit a human.The fox was not able to be tested for the rabies virus and the individual began post-exposure rabies treatment on 26 Dec 2016.In a separate incident on Read more [...]