A 60-year-old California teacher died of rabies a month after a bat bit her in the classroom.

Before children arrived in the classroom, Leah Seneng picked up and released a bat she found in the classroom. The art teacher then went on with her day at Bryant Middle School in Dos Palos.

About a month later, Seneng ran a fever and her hands began shaking.

She was hospitalized on Nov. 18 and put in a medically induced coma. She died less than a week after going to the hospital.

Following Seneng's death, the California Department of Public Health released a statement regarding the death and a warning about bats:

If a bat - dead or alive - is found, CDPH urges residents to take the following precautions: