Rabies
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Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes acute encephalitis. There is a vaccine against it.
Usually, people (and animals) die from it (it is fatal). There is no cure for it. People who are given the vaccine soon after becoming infected usually survive.
The disease is transmitted through the saliva and the blood. The usual form of getting is a bite of a rabid mammal. Pets, like dogs need to be vaccinated against it, in most countries.
A rabies virus, cut in length and across
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- CDC. Human-to-human transmission of rabies via a corneal transplant -- France. MMWR 1980;29:25-6
- Javadi MA, Fayaz A, Mirdehghan SA, Ainollahi B. Transmission of rabies by corneal graft. Cornea. 1996 Jul;15(4):431-3.
- Manbir Online
- CNN News report of CDC news release - July 1, 2004.
- Associated Press report: Families of rabies transplant victims react to deaths - July 3, 2004
- BBC News Europe Report: Romanian killer bear had rabies - 19 October, 2004.
- First Unvaccinated Rabies Survivor Goes Home - January 3, 2005
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Simple English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (word meaning) for:
- Rabies Information
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Health Organization factsheet on Rabies
- World Health Organization factsheet on Rabies vaccine
- Rules for importing pets to the United Kingdom
- A Rabies-Free World, Inc. - NPO dedicated to fighting rabies worldwide
- Rules for importing pets to the European Union
- Rules for importing pets to the European Union Q&A
- Aspen Skunk Rabies Research
- "When Raccoons Attack" from Field & Stream Online
- “Only Known Unvaccinated Rabies Survivor Thrives” (USA Today) Progress report on the one known survivor of rabies
