Wyoming Woman Dies Of Rabies After Bat Bite

A woman from Wyoming is reported to have died of rabies after being bitten by a bat in what the state says is its first confirmed case.

The 77-year-old woman from Lander in Fremont County, contracted the illness in August shortly after being bitten, according to the Daily Ranger .

She began showing symptoms some weeks later and was taken to hospital locally.

She was subsequently transferred to another hospital in Salt Lake City where, officials say, she died on Saturday.

Public health officials have given vaccinations to two of the woman's relatives and a hospital worker.

Symptoms of the disease can include weakness, paralysis and/or changes in behaviour.

There are only one or two human cases in the US each year.