SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – San Diego County health officials are asking for help to identify someone caught with rabies while visiting the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
On Sept. 6, one person and potentially others began rabies, according to the county of the San Diego Health and Human Services Agency.
The county says it saw a bat flying around an unidentified woman around 11:30 a.m. on a Mombasa cooker in Nairobi Village.
The bat was later collected and handed over to health officials for testing. It was later determined that the bat was infected with rabies.
The agency says the bat was not part of the park’s animal collection.
The woman and another man left the park before giving contact information. Anyone with information about their identity is asked to call HHSA at 619-692-8499.
“We are concerned about the health of this woman and any park supporters who were in direct contact with the bat,” said Eric MacDonald, MD, MPH, medical director of the County Epidemiology and Immunization Services branch. “We want to make sure they are not exposed to potentially this deadly disease.”
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