After a bat landed on someone at the Baltimore Raven's football game last Friday, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is reminding residents to take precautions to avoid rabies.

Kim Mitchell with the Health Department said rabies can also be found in raccoons, skunks, foxes.

"Bats like a number of other wildlife in Maryland can carry rabies and rabies is a viral disease that effects the nervous system in animals and humans and it can be fatal if prevention is not made prior to the start of symptoms," Mitchell said.

Rabies can be transmitted to your pets as well.

"So it is better if you find a bat in your home or if someone in your household picks up a bat or brings it home, it is better to go to your health provider or local health department and report it," Mitchell said.

So far this year, more than 200 animals have been diagnosed with rabies including 40 bats and one deer.