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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: New, Fast-Evolving Rabies Virus Found -- And Spreading


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Foxes (such as this red fox photographed in 2008 in Wyoming) may be spreading rabies like humans spread the flu—through simple socialization—in northern Arizona, experts say. The rabies virus appears to have mutated surprisingly quickly and become virulent in foxes and skunks, experts said in April 2009.

Photograph by Andy Carpenean/Laramie Boomerang via AP