Medicine

What is rabies?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/rabies-94787.html" >What is rabies?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

... acute viral infection of the central nervous system in dogs, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats, and other animals, and in humans.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about rabies . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What type of disease is rabies? How can you define rabies? What is the definition of rabies? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Rabies: a growing threat. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication ...Rolando Barian of Edinburg, Texas, died of rabies. He was bitten by a dog. The rabies virus was most likely transferred from a coyote...dog, because coyotes are the main carriers of rabies in Texas. Rabies is not just a problem in Texas...
Rabies risk among travellers
Magazine article from: Canadian Medical Association. Journal How do you get rabies? Rabies is a preventable, deadly disease transmitted through contact with...mouth, or scratches that break the skin. Although extremely rare, rabies may occur after exposure to aerosolized rabies virus in a cave filled...
Rabies cases a continuing threat to global public health: ancient disease still...
Magazine article from: The Nation's Health ...one of the world's oldest diseases, rabies continues to surprise the vigilant public...person every 10 minutes, die due to rabies, even though such deaths are preventable. Like many diseases, rabies' mortality burden falls disproportionately...
Rabies vaccine shortfall spurs tighter restrictions.(Infectious Diseases)
Magazine article from: Family Practice News ...care providers who prescribe postexposure rabies prophylaxis must confer with public health...doses of the vaccine because the only rabies vaccine available is in limited supply...Prevention has announced. An update on rabies vaccine availability posted on the CDC...
Rabies in ferret badgers, southeastern China.(DISPATCHES)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases Rabies is an acute encephalomyelitis caused by rabies or rabies-related viruses. Although dogs are the main reservoir worldwide, all mammals are believed to be susceptible. When rabies is widely distributed, affected wildlife may constitute...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.