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Rabid fox from Lincoln County has new Rabies strain
Health Department urges parents to tell children not to handle wild animals and make sure pets are vaccinated
Staff reports
Posted: 05/19/2015 07:35:20 PM MDT
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced today a rabid fox from Lincoln County that bit a woman on April 20, had a strain of rabies never before identified.
The genetic sequencing of the virus was done in the Rabies Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The woman received a series of rabies vaccinations that has prevented her from developing rabies, which is usually fatal.
A press release, available at wildlife.state.nm.us/fox-involved-in-attack-tests-positive-for-rabies/, that went out after initial testing on the fox at the NMDOH's Rabies Laboratory said the fox tested positive for rabies...
Rabid fox from Lincoln County has new Rabies strain
Health Department urges parents to tell children not to handle wild animals and make sure pets are vaccinated
Staff reports
Posted: 05/19/2015 07:35:20 PM MDT
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced today a rabid fox from Lincoln County that bit a woman on April 20, had a strain of rabies never before identified.
The genetic sequencing of the virus was done in the Rabies Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The woman received a series of rabies vaccinations that has prevented her from developing rabies, which is usually fatal.
A press release, available at wildlife.state.nm.us/fox-involved-in-attack-tests-positive-for-rabies/, that went out after initial testing on the fox at the NMDOH's Rabies Laboratory said the fox tested positive for rabies...