appendicitis symptoms "Precious received superb care from everyone at UC Davis Children's Hospital," Wiedeman said. "And we were enveloped with support from the CDC and the state encephalitis group from the moment we learned she was infected," Wiedeman said. She said the consultations with national, state and local public-health officials occurred as often as 20 times a day in the early phases of the patient's treatment. "From the very beginning, Precious had a very rapid, robust immune response to her infection, which is a significant contributor to why she survived," Wiedeman said. "She is truly a fighter." Rabies is a highly infectious viral disease of mammals that usually is transmitted through the bite or scratch of a rabid animal.
Because pets and farm animals typically are inoculated against the disease, exposure commonly comes from a bat, skunk, fox or other wild animal. While it is not known how she became infected, public health officials suspect Precious may have encountered a feral cat near her elementary school in the tiny town of Willow Creek, Calif., near the Humboldt County border with Trinity County, though the infected animal never was found. Rabies infection in humans is exceptionally rare in the United States, Wiedeman said, with only two-to-nine cases reported each year. Many more people — some 30,000 annually — are exposed and receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent disease.
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