Sirrich3
05-13-2006, 09:11 AM
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas teenager who was bitten by a bat while he slept in his home has died of rabies, the Houston hospital that treated him said in a statement.
Zachary Jones, 16, died on Friday, a week after he became ill from the bat bite he received about a month before.
According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control statistics, only 10 other people have died of rabies in the United States since 1998.
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Zachary Jones, 16, died on Friday, a week after he became ill from the bat bite he received about a month before.
According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control statistics, only 10 other people have died of rabies in the United States since 1998.
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