Bat lands on sleeping boy’s face; 11-year-old dies of rabies in Canada
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An 11-year-old boy in Northern Ontario woke to find a bat on his face, with no visible wounds. About 19 days later he developed rabies symptoms and died after rapid neurological decline; the case, the first locally acquired rabies in the area since 1967, underscores how bat exposures can be missed and the importance of prompt rabies prevention after potential contact.
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