One young boy has died of rabies in southern Mexico after a suspected bat bite, and a girl is critically ill with slim chances of survival. 9News
Clouds of Mexican free-tailed bats are seen flying through the air.
An eight-year-old girl from the same remote mountain town was in critical condition, sedated and on a ventilator. Dr Concepción Rocío Arias Cruz, the director of a hospital in the state capital, told the Milenio television station that there was little chance she would survive. But a two-year-old girl has recovered.Scan of tissue infected with rabies, a deadly virus that infects the nervous system.
“They were bitten on December 1, they delayed going to a clinic for treatment for 20 days,” Arias Cruz said. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , “Once clinical signs of rabies appear, the disease is nearly always fatal, and treatment is typically supportive.
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