Anne Arundel County Health Department issued an alert after a raccoon tested positive for Rabies in Shadyside, Maryland.

"Rabies is a fatal, yet preventable, viral disease primarily transmitted through the bite of infected animals; after exposure, the incubation ... 10-month surveillance period" was found, the ...

That's because the strain of rabies the 6-week old kitten carried had never been detected so far west: The nearest other cases of the Eastern raccoon rabies virus variant (RRVV) were on the East Coast ...

"Rabies is a fatal, yet preventable, viral disease primarily transmitted through the bite of infected animals; after exposure, the incubation ... 10-month surveillance period" was found, the ...

"Rabies is a fatal, yet preventable, viral disease primarily transmitted through the bite of infected animals; after exposure, the incubation can last from ... of RRVV over a 10-month surveillance ...

"Rabies is a fatal, yet preventable, viral disease primarily transmitted through the bite of infected animals; after exposure, the incubation ... 10-month surveillance period" was found, the ...

While there is no cure for rabies, if treated early enough, the spread of the virus can be prevented. There is a period of a few weeks that the virus will be in its incubation period before symptoms ...