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On May 7. 1981, a pet cat belonging to a family living 10 miles northwest of Warrenton died after a five day illness. This animal was found by preliminary test to have been infected with rabies. Three persons exposed to this cat are now undergoing anti-rabies treatment.
On May 10, 1981, a fox wandered into the yard of a home near Amissville. The family dog fought with the fox before the fox was killed by the dog owner. This animal on preliminary testing was also determined to have been infected with rabies. No human exposure occurred from this incidence.
Confirmatory laboratory testing is currently being carried out.
The significance of this rabies outbreak in animals may indicate that rabies in the fox population east of the Blue Ridge Mountains is again being encountered. During the mid-60s rabies in foxes was prevalent in this area and in adjacent counties further east. The nidus of rabies in Virginia has been in the upper Shenandoah Valley with sporadic cases reported
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