"Transmitted by saliva and blood... We'll need to find out the incubation period too. The hunter has been missing for five days, which means that the incubation period is less than that. Fred reported that a friend told him the possum was alive before it was shot. Fred planned to stuff the possum, when it attacked. He also said that there was another wound on the animal. The virus appears to be active right after death. I don't know when Mr.Henderson died, or when he was attacked, but it does look like the bite had been on his leg for a while, because it was infected."
Janie looked at her notes as she spoke, then stopped when Dr.Kennison said they needed to test for blood transmission.
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Date: 2013-01-26 03:51 am (UTC)"Transmitted by saliva and blood... We'll need to find out the incubation period too. The hunter has been missing for five days, which means that the incubation period is less than that. Fred reported that a friend told him the possum was alive before it was shot. Fred planned to stuff the possum, when it attacked. He also said that there was another wound on the animal. The virus appears to be active right after death. I don't know when Mr.Henderson died, or when he was attacked, but it does look like the bite had been on his leg for a while, because it was infected."
Janie looked at her notes as she spoke, then stopped when Dr.Kennison said they needed to test for blood transmission.
"We'll have to use an animal."