A small information about Rabis virus and how it infect on human.

1. Rhabdoviruses

2. Rhabdoviridae
• Rhabdos (greek) rod
• Pathogens of mammals, birds, fish, plants
• Some member multiply in
vertebrate&arthropods.
• It infect mammals belong to 2 genera
1)vesiculovirus- contain vesicular
stomatitis virus& related virus
2)lyssavirus-derived from lyssa rang
contain rabis virus
&related virus

4. Rhabdoviridae
Rhabdoviridae
Vesiculovirus (VSV)
Lyssavirus (rabies & rabies-like V)
Plant rhabdovirus group
Ungrouped rhabdoviruses

5. •
rabies virus (left) and vesicular stomatitis virus (right).

6. Rabies virus
Morphology
Unique features of Rhabdoviruses
• Bullet-shaped
• 180*75nm in size
• Enveloped- lipoprotein envelope carries
knob like spikes,composed glycoprotein G
• Negative, single-stranded RNA
• Prototype for (-) RNA viruses
• Replication in the cytoplasm

7. • Replication of rhabdoviruses: a simple enveloped (-) RNA virus. 1, Rhabdoviruses bind to the cell surface
and are (2) endocytosed. The envelope fuses with the endosome vesicle membrane to deliver the
nucleocapsid to the cytoplasm. The virion must carry a polymerase, which (3) produces five individual
messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and a full-length (+) RNA template. 4, Proteins are translated from the
mRNAs, including one glycoprotein (G), which is co-translationally glycosylated in the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER), processed in the Golgi apparatus, and delivered to the cell membrane. 5, The genome is
replicated from the (+) RNA template, and N, L, and NS proteins associate with the genome to form the
nucleocapsid. 6, The matrix protein associates with the G protein-modified membrane, which is followed
by assembly of the nucleocapsid. 7, The virus buds from the cell in a bullet-shaped virion.

9. Rabies virus/Disease Mechanisms
• Rabies is usually transmitted in saliva and
is acquired from the bite of a rabid animal
• Virus is not very cytolytic and seems to
remain cell-associated
• Virus replicates in the muscle at the site of
the bite with minimal or no symptoms
• The length of the incubation phase is
determined by the infectious dose and the
proximity of the infection site to the CNS
and brain

10. Rabies virus/Disease Mechanisms
• After weeks to months, the virus infects
the peripheral nerves and travels up the
CNS to the brain (prodrome phase)
• Infection of the brain causes classic
symptoms, coma, and death (neurologic
phase)
• During the neurologic phase, the virus
spread to the glands, skin, and other body
parts, including the salivary glands, from
where it is transmitted

11. Rabies virus/Disease Mechanisms
• Antibody response at the late stages
• Antibody can block the progression of the
virus
• The long incubation period allows active
immunization as a postexposure treatment

12. Rabies virus/Epidemiology
• Disease/Viral factors
– Virus induced aggressive behavior in animlas
promotes virus spread
– Disease has long asymptomatic period

13. Rabies virus/Epidemiology
• Transmission
– Zoonosis
• Reservoir: wild animals
• Vector: wild animals and unvaccinated dogs and
cats
• Source of virus:
– Major: saliva in bite of a rabid animal
– Minor: aerosols in bat caves containing rabid bats

14. Rabies virus/Epidemiology
• At risk:
– Veterinarians and animal handlers
– Person bitten by a rabid animal
– Inhabitants of countries with no pet
vaccination program

15. Rabies virus/Epidemiology
• Geography/Season
– Worldwide
– Except in some island nations
– No seasonal incidence

16. Rabies virus/Epidemiology
• Modes of control
– Vaccination
• For pets
• For at-risk personnel
“Vaccination program have been implemented
to control rabies in forest mammals”

17. Rabies virus/Laboratory diagnosis
• Occurence of neurologic symptoms in a
person who has been bitten by an animal
• ... too late...
• Laboratory tests are usually performed to
confirm the diagnosis and to determine
whether a suspected individual or animal
is rabid post mortem

18. Rabies virus/Laboratory diagnosis
• Ag detection (IF)
• Isolation
• Serologic
In:
CNS or Skin
Negri bodies

19. Rabies virus/Treatment & Prophylaxis
• Clinical rabies is almost always fatal
unless treated
• Only hope:
–Post exposure prophylaxis
–For anyone exposed by bite or by
contamination of an open wound or
mucous membrane to the saliva or brain
tissue of an animal suspected to be
infected with the virus

20. Rabies virus/Treatment & Prophylaxis
• First protective measure
–Local treatment
• Washing
• Rabies antiserum
• Then
–Vaccination
–Ig (HRIG or EAS)

21. Rabies virus/Treatment & Prophylaxis
• Vaccine
–HDCV
• On, 0-3-7-14-28 days