The case was confirmed on Friday by Brant County Health Unit which said it believed the exposure had come from a bat and led to someone from being hospitalized.
Health Unit, located west of Hamilton, which said it believed the exposure had come from a bat and led to someone being hospitalized.
“Our heartfelt thoughts are with this individual and their loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,” Dr. Rebecca Comley, medical officer of health in Brant County, said in a statement. “Rabies, though rare, is a serious virus in humans. If you have direct contact with any animal known to carry rabies, you should seek immediate medical attention.”Rabies, which is often carried by bats as well as raccoons, skunks and foxes, is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. It is spread when humans come in direct contact with silica or mucus from an animal with rabies.
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, stressed that human rabies is “extremely rare” and has been kept low through “effective public health prevention and control measures.”Air Canada, union head to key talks as strike looms: ‘Completely stalled’ There have only ever been 26 human cases of rabies across the whole of Canada since 1924. The last reported case of human rabies was in 1967, more than half a century ago.“Post-exposure medical care includes washing the area with soap and water as soon as possible, a dose of rabies immune globulin and a series of rabies vaccines which must be administered as soon as possible after exposure,” he added.
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