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Elderly Minnesotan dies of rabies after bat bite
Minnesota has reported just seven cases of the rare infectious disease in more than 100 years, and all were fatal.
By Jeremy Olson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 28, 2024 at 1:09PM
An elderly Minnesotan died this year after a bat exposure at home in the western part of the state resulted in a case of rabies.
The state Department of Health announced the death Friday after the rabies infection was confirmed in testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 20.
The case is the seventh on record in Minnesota since 1917, and the fourth since 2000. All seven of the infections were fatal....
Elderly Minnesotan dies of rabies after bat bite
Minnesota has reported just seven cases of the rare infectious disease in more than 100 years, and all were fatal.
By Jeremy Olson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 28, 2024 at 1:09PM
An elderly Minnesotan died this year after a bat exposure at home in the western part of the state resulted in a case of rabies.
The state Department of Health announced the death Friday after the rabies infection was confirmed in testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 20.
The case is the seventh on record in Minnesota since 1917, and the fourth since 2000. All seven of the infections were fatal....