Treatment for rabies is painful and expensive but, if left untreated, it can be deadly.

Dr. Andrea Guerrero, the director of the Bexar County Public Health Department, is urging county residents to stay vigilant.

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services website, rabies is a virus that attacks the nervous system and is spread by infected animals when they bite or when their saliva comes in contact with a wound or scratch on the skin of pets and humans.

This year, Guerrero said there have been 19 confirmed cases of rabies in Bexar County: 13 cases with bats, three with foxes, two skunks and one racoon.

She added that it is very common for rabies to occur in bats and shared that we have dozens of bat rabies cases every year.

Despite the multiple bat cases, Guerrero poin

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