It can also be transmitted when infected saliva contacts open wounds or mucous membranes such as the eyes, mouth, or nose. Raccoons, skunks, foxes, coyotes, and bats are the most common carriers ...

Testing confirmed the raccoon was rabies positive ... through a bite or getting saliva or brain tissue in a wound, eye, nose or mouth and is rare in currently vaccinated animals.

Health officials say a dead raccoon found in Amityville on March ... gets directly into their eyes, nose, mouth, or a wound. Dr. Gregson Pigott, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department ...

"The rabies virus is found in the saliva of infected animals and can be transmitted through a bite, scratch, broken skin, and the mucous membranes of your eyes, nose, or mouth." In order to ...