Six Albuquerque middle school students were being treated for exposure to rabies this weekend after playing with an infected bat at school.
According to several news agencies in the Albuquerque area,
the students were found playing with the bat at Polk Middle School on Wednesday
(Oct. 2, 2013). A teacher captured the
bat, which later tested positive for the rabies virus.
School district officials sent warnings to the homes of
other students, because they were concerned that others may have been exposed.
The students already confirmed as being exposed, have
received the first of several rounds of vaccine.
Rabies is a disease that affects the nervous system and is
almost universally fatal, if the vaccine is not administered in time.
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