KETCHUM, Idaho -- Public health officials say three more people in the Wood River Valley are undergoing rabies vaccines after encounters with aggressive bats during the past week.
The Idaho Mountain Express reports one person that was bitten and two more that may have been bitten were being vaccinated as a precaution. The encounters happened in Bellevue, Hailey and Ketchum.
South Central Public Health District epidemiologist Mary Jensen says when bats have rabies, they will not act normally, including being out in the daytime.
A bat that attacked a fisherman northwest of Hailey in July tested positive for rabies. No rabies were captured for testing after the recent encounters.
The rabies virus infects the central nervous system and is almost always fatal once symptoms appear.
