ATMORE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two Atmore residents are being treated for rabies after a rabid fox attacked one of them and came into direct contact with the other, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.

According to an ADPH news release, the resident was bitten on Aug. 7 outside of their home on Highway 31.

The ADPH Bureau of Clinical Laboratories received the fox and tested it, confirming that it was positive for rabies.

"Although rabies is primarily found in wild animals, since widespread vaccination of domestic animals began over 70 years ago, it continues to be a risk and a public health threat,” Dr. Dee W. Jones, State Public Health Veterinarian, said. “Although attacks such as this by rabid wildlife are rather uncommon, it highlights the risk rabies continues to pose and ho

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