Brother and sister die of rabies after multiple 'wild animal' bites

Two children died days apart after being bitten by a rabid wild animal, suspected to be a bat, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

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The state Health Secretariat confirmed the death of an 8-year-old girl from the town of Palo de Lima on Saturday.

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The patient had been being treated at the Doctor Aurelio Valdivieso General Hospital in the state capital.

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The death comes after the girl's 7-year-old brother died of a rabies infection on December 28.

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Rabies is a serious viral disease that affects the brain and spinal cord of mammals.

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The virus is usually transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected animal.

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However, the disease still causes almost 60,000 deaths a year worldwide

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mainly due to exposure to rabid puppies, with the vast majority of cases occurring in Asia and Africa.

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