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Rabies Learning Center

Rabies is an often deadly viral infection that is mainly spread by infected animals.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
A viral disease that is fatal in humans if not treated immediately. It typically spreads to humans from animals through a scratch or a bite and causes inflammation of the brain. Although the vaccine first used in 1885 is widely used today, fatalit...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Rabies is a viral disease of wild and domestic animals. It is particularly prevalent in feral dogs, while humans are occasional victims. The virus is transmitted in saliva and enters the body through puncture wounds caused by bites, or via abrasio...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that is transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Rabies is a viral illness that can affect any mammal but is most common in carnivores (flesh-eaters). It is sometimes referred to as a zoonosis, or disease of animals that can be communicated to humans. Rabies is usually transmitted in the saliva ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Rabies is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that affects humans and other mammals. It is almost exclusively transmitted through saliva from the bite of an infected animal. Another name for the disease is hydrophobia , which lite...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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