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Texas Teen Infected With Rabies Dies

Friday, May 12, 2006 9:45:03 PM

HOUSTON (AP) - A teenager stricken with rabies he likely contracted when a bat flew into his bedroom and bit him died Friday.

The Humble High School sophomore had been in an induced coma for several days at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reported.

He began showing rabies symptoms last week. Doctors suspect the teen was infected several weeks earlier when a bat flew through his open bedroom window and bit him as he slept.


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