Rabies is a severe, viral disease that can affect all mammals, including humans. Infection results in damage to the nervous system. The disease almost always ends in death. Rabies occurs worldwide.

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3. Rabies
 Rabies is a severe, viral disease that can affect all mammals,
including humans. Infection results in damage to the
nervous system. The disease almost always ends in death.
Rabies occurs worldwide. In many developing countries,
unvaccinated dogs and other canines (e.g., foxes, coyotes)
are the primary reservoir of the virus.
 Developing and under developing countries, both are the
victims of rabies. With the post-exposure preventive
regimes, 327,000 people can prevent this disease annually.
The current article mainly covers the genome, virology,
symptoms, epidemiology, diagnostic methods, and the high
risk countries around the globe.

4. Background
 Rabies is a zoonotic (transmitted from animals to human)
viral infectious disease. This infection is transmitted to
human by the animals already suffering from it.
 The animals which are mainly reported as causes of rabies
are; dogs, raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. Rabies or
“Hydrophobia” is a disease which makes the dogs sick.
 Rabies is caused by a virus that, attacks on the nerves
system and later excreted in saliva. A person or animal can
become a victim of rabies in many ways including:
 a. Bites
 b. Non-bites exposure
 c. Human to Human Transmission

5. How Animals Get Rabies
 Rabies is most commonly spread among animals by the bite
(direct contact) of an infected animal whose saliva contains
the virus. The virus is not thought to be spread by blood,
urine or feces.
 How it Affect:- The rabies virus affects the brain of
animals. Signs of disease involve changes in behavior, such
as unusual aggression, friendliness or fearfulness. Other
signs include restlessness, paralysis of their legs, difficulty
swallowing, drooling and a change in the sound of their
voice.

6. Protection
 Animals:- Animals should be vaccinated for rabies and
kept away from wildlife. Bats caught by cats should be sent
in for testing. Dogs, cats or ferrets that have bitten humans
and show no signs of illness may be observed for rabies
under veterinary supervision for 10 days.
 Humans:-Do not contact, handle or feed wild animals. If
you are bitten by any animal, wash the wound well with
soap and hot water. If you suspect rabies in the animal that
bit you, contact your physician immediately, so post-
exposure treatment can be started.

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