Teen First U.S. Death by Vampire Bat

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Teen First U.S. Death by Vampire Bat

Postby Cheryl Jones » Aug 12, 2011 6:00 pm

A Mexican teen became the first person in the United States to die from a vampire bat -- and the Centers for Disease Control warned that the bats may be spreading in the country.

The 19-year-old migrant worker contracted rabies from a bite on his heel from the blood sucker on July 15th, 2010. He was bitten in Michoacan, Mexico, 10 days before he left for the United States to work on a sugar cane plantation in Louisiana. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) only just confirmed on Friday, Aug. 12, that his death was the first such case in the U.S.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/ ... ire-in-us/
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Re: Teen First U.S. Death by Vampire Bat

Postby BrianC » Aug 13, 2011 4:00 pm

Cheryl Jones wrote: and the Centers for Disease Control warned that the bats may be spreading in the country.

No problem, just allow them up north east, and the White nose will get them.
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Re: Teen First U.S. Death by Vampire Bat

Postby nathanroser » Aug 13, 2011 5:36 pm

They won't get WNS since they can't hibernate. Paranoid people afraid of bats will get them.
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