article_snippet: A rat being raised to feed a Pennsylvania family's pet snakes ended up biting a Pennsylvania family 6-month-old baby boy, killing their 6-month-old baby boy.
article_snippet: Cumberland County Coroner Charlie Hall announced Thursday that Infant died from meningitis and myocarditis transmitted through the bite.
article_snippet: A rat (file photo) being raised to feed a Pennsylvania family's pet snakes ended up biting a Pennsylvania family , killing their 6-month-old baby boy .
article_snippet: Investigators later learned that Infant had been bitten by a rat on Infant right index finger.
article_snippet: Lab studies later revealed Infant had rat-bite fever.
article_snippet: In a brief phone interview with the Daily Mail, Hall stated that this was the county's first rat-bite fever fatality in he memory.
article_snippet: According to the US Centers for Disease Control, Rat-bite fever is an infectious disease that can be caused by two different bacteria.
article_snippet: People usually get the disease from infected rodents or consumption of contaminated food or water.
highlights_snippet: Coroner's report showed baby succumbed to meningitis and myocarditis transmitted through rat bite .
  
highlights_snippet: Infant was biting on right index finger by a rat at Infant parents' home in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania .