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As Bali battles rabies surge, does dog meat raise the risk?
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As Bali battles rabies surge, does dog meat raise the risk?
In a quieter part of western Bali, far from the crowds and chaos of the south, a 38-year-old housewife was bitten by a stray cat while hanging out laundry in May.
Within weeks, she was dead: one of five people killed by rabies on the Indonesian resort island so far this year.
The following month, a rabid dog kept as a family pet in the same region, Jembrana regency, attacked two children and an adult. All three survived, thanks to swift post-exposure vaccination after tests confirmed that the...
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