In sequence analysis, the patient's virus was 100% homologous with a raccoon rabies virus from Virginia. Extensive postmortem interviews could not pinpoint a raccoon exposure. Raccoons are ...
The Virginia Department of Health reports three cases of rabies have been recorded in wildlife in recent days in the Roanoke ...
Since Oct. 23, there have been three separate incidents in three areas of Alexandria where rabies-infected raccoons have come ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria Health Department (AHD) has issued a public health alert after a raccoon tested positive for rabies near Chambliss Park. On Friday, a raccoon that came into ...
While the full year’s numbers haven’t been reported yet, 381 animals tested positive for rabies in Virginia last year.
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Central Virginia Health District has confirmed a case of rabies in Lynchburg, officials announced Thursday. A black adult cat, found on Taylor Road in the Richland ...
Last week, central Virginia’s district of the state health department reported a cat in Lynchburg tested positive for rabies, ...
Former Virginia Delegate Kenneth Plum tasked the secretaries of ... Another concern about free-roaming cats is their effect on public health, as they've been known to carry rabies and parasites ...
One red vulture in Virginia perched on a tree branchOne red ... So, if a black vulture eats the carcass of an animal infected with rabies, that rabies virus will not be passed on to other animals.
A raccoon in a field in Williamsburg, Va. (Gary Cifers/Getty Images) Last week, central Virginia’s district of the state health department reported a cat in Lynchburg tested positive for rabies ...