A California woman was bitten by a rabid bat outside a general store in Death Valley National Park. The National Park Service is reminding the public to not touch wild animals.
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include staying out of mine openings and other places where bats are likely to roost, calling a park employee if you witness a sick, dead or erratic-behaving animal and consulting a doctor if you’ve made contact with an animal that could be rabid. In April, a report published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal run by Oxford University Press found that andied in 2021 after receiving a post-exposure prophylaxis treatment following his encounter with a rabid bat, which bit his right hand.
Experts that Fox News Digital consulted with on the matter said the patient"received timely and appropriate treatment," but he likely had an immune deficiency that contributed to the treatment’s failure.Cortney Moore is an associate lifestyle writer on the Lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
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