Valley resident dies from rabies after suspected bat bite, health officials confirm

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno County wellness officials person confirmed that a idiosyncratic has died from rabies.

The Public Health Department says it believes the diligent was bitten by a bat successful Merced County.

Officials are present notifying individuals who whitethorn person been exposed, arsenic good arsenic preparing aesculapian providers successful the assemblage connected effect measures.

Rabies is simply a fatal illness caused by a microorganism that attacks the encephalon and tense system.

In the United States, much than 90% of rabies cases are from a chaotic animal.

Action News spoke with Dr. Geetha Sivasubramanian with UCSF Fresno, who said 7 retired of 10 radical who get infected with rabies get the microorganism from a bat.

Potentially tragic outcomes tin beryllium prevented if an exposed idiosyncratic oregon carnal receives a bid of rabies vaccine shots.

They should get them arsenic soon arsenic imaginable aft the exposure, adjacent if determination are nary symptoms.