10/04/2024 | Press release | Archived content
CHICAGO - The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is alerting the public of a bat exposure at a large outdoor concert venue on September 12, 2024. Additional attendees may have been exposed. Bats in and around Chicago have been found to carry rabies, although not all bats carry rabies.
Possible exposure may have occurred on September 12, 2024, at the following location:
Exposures of concern for rabies transmission by bats:
NOTE: Bats have very small teeth. Therefore, a bite from a bat may not be felt and may leave marks that are not easily seen.
Immediate actions to take:
Exposure to bats may put someone at risk for rabies. Rabies is a disease that is caused by the rabies virus. It affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals. People get rabies from the bite of an animal infected with the rabies virus (a rabid animal). Rabies in humans is almost always a fatal disease. Therefore, it is critical to provide prompt and appropriate rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after bat exposures take place.
For more information, visit the Illinois Department of Health or CDC websites.
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