Simone Stapley, 34, from the British city of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, died from the bite of a hand rat, Daily Mail reported. 

According to the Daily Mirror, on November 3, 2018, a rat bit Simon's finger. She phoned the National Health System hotline and asked what to do. She was advised to consult a doctor, but Simon did not.

Oxford Coroner's Court heard the mother-of-one later suffered a cardiac arrest at her home on November 7 before she was pronounced dead at John Radcliffe Hospital. 

Her boyfriend Ryan Bligdon said she was confused.

“Mr Bligdon then thought his partner who had suffered from repeated chest infections, was suffering from a stroke and called an ambulance.

The coroner said people should be more aware that there's a risk of an infection from a rat bite or scratch and about the need to seek urgent treatment.

He said the vast majority of cases can be dealt with in a few days with antibiotics,’” The source noted

The rat bite fever is caused by the bacteria Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus. The mortality rate of the disease is about 10%.