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— The first bat from Putnam County since 2006 has tested positive for rabies. The Putnam County Health Department made the announcement after receiving confirmation from the Ohio Department of ...
On a global scale, however, the World Health Organization reports that dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to humans.
Be sure dogs and cats are updated on rabies vaccinations. Do not handle wild or domestic animals that have been trapped. Contact TCAC for assistance. ... For more information about rabies and bats ...
Animal control and vaccination programs have decreased the risk of rabies from dogs in a number of regions of the world. [1] Immunizing people before they are exposed is recommended for those at high risk, including those who work with bats or who spend prolonged periods in areas of the world where rabies is common. [1]
Rabies virus exposure can be fatal in bats, though it is likely that the majority of individuals do not develop the disease after exposure. [51] In non-bat mammals, exposure to the rabies virus almost always leads to death. [52] An injury from the bite of a big brown bat. Globally, dogs are by far the most common source of human rabies deaths. [55]
The virus was discovered in 1970, when a South African farmer (after whom the virus is named) died of a rabies-like encephalitic illness, after being bitten by a bat. [2] In 2006, Duvenhage virus killed a second person, when a man was scratched by a bat in North West Province, South Africa, 80 km from the 1970 infection. [3]
The department explained rabies could be of concern to people who received "a bite or scratch" from a bat — or even had "any physical contact" with the animal. "Bats have very small teeth ...
A rabies-like lyssavirus, called European bat lyssavirus 2, was identified in bats in 2003. [91] In 2002, there was a fatal case in a bat handler involving infection with European bat lyssavirus 2; infection was probably acquired from a bite from a bat in Scotland. [77] [91]