The Southwest Utah Public Health Department said in a Tuesday news release that most of the cases have occurred in residential neighborhoods. Individuals exposed to the deadly virus have been given preventative vaccinations. Rabies can spread to people from the saliva of infected animals including bats, foxes, raccoons and skunks. Officials said most of the rabies cases in southwest Utah occur in bats or animals bitten by bats.
Rabies-carrying bats raising alarm in southwest Utah.