On February 21, 2018, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced this year’s first 2 human cases of ferret badger bite in Taiwan

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/02/25
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–On February 21, 2018, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control

(Taiwan CDC) announced this year’s first two human cases of ferret badger bite in Taiwan.

Additionally, the ferret badger specimens have been tested positive for rabies by the Animal Health Research Institute of the Council of Agriculture, according to Taiwan CDC.

The victims respectively reside in Guanmiao District, Tainan City and Guangfu Township, Hualien County, and they were respectively bitten by the intruding ferret badger on February 17 and 18. Both victims have sought medical attention and were not experiencing any symptoms at the time of the announcement, the agency said, adding that the local health authority would assist the victims in completing the full course of rabies vaccination and follow up on them.

The agency said that in Taiwan, several human cases of ferret badger bite are reported every year. In 2017, a total of 18 human cases of ferret badger bite were reported, including 13 cases that were tested positive for rabies, according to the agency.
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