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Health officials: Rabid fox bit child at Fayetteville school
State health officials on Saturday confirmed that a fox that bit a child at a Fayetteville elementary school was infected with rabies.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — State health officials on Saturday confirmed that a fox that bit a child at a Fayetteville elementary school was infected with rabies.
The child was bitten Friday at E.E. Miller Elementary School, at 1361 Rim Road. Officials said the child has started post-rabies exposure treatment.
The positive test is the fourth case of rabies in the county in 2015, officials said.
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