RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are sharing their rabies prevention tips just in time for the summer months.
According to RHHD, rabies is a deadly disease which is caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system and lives mainly in the saliva and brain of a rabid animal.
The virus can be transmitted through a bite or by the following — getting saliva or central nervous system tissue in a wound, or in the mouth and eye area…