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"...The patient had the organ transplanted at a hospital in Ohio in December and died in January, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said.

A subsequent investigation that also involved the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health determined the patient got rabies from the donated organ...."

(!!) #rabies

#PSA: if you have any contact with bats--and that includes waking up to find a bat in your room--hie thee to get the rabies vaccine.

However magical you may think them, bats carry the rabies virus, and many bats' bites are too small to see or feel, and may go undetected until it's too late.

Rabies *will* kill you, and horribly. Be safe: get the shot and live.

#Rabies #Bats

sfgate.com/bayarea/article/cal

Boy, I'm teaching a wilderness first aid class this weekend and so many real time examples of things we cover. Today: RABIES

KPBS: County seeks victims who had contact with infected bat at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

"County public health officials today were looking for people who may have come in contact with a non-resident bat found at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park almost a week ago.

On Sept. 23 around 2:15 p.m., a wild bat who tested positive for rabies and later died at a rehabilitation facility was collected by an employee in the Africa Tram area of the park, according to the County of San Diego Communications Office...."

kpbs.org/news/public-safety/20

KPBS · County seeks victims who had contact with infected bat at San Diego Zoo Safari ParkBy City News Service