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  2. Rabies - Wikipedia

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    Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. [1] It was historically referred to as hydrophobia ("fear of water") because its victims would panic when offered liquids to drink. Early symptoms can include fever and abnormal sensations at the site of exposure. [1]

  3. Lyssavirus - Wikipedia

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    Lyssavirus (from the Greek λύσσα lyssa "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin vīrus) [1] [2] is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. [3] [4] The genus Lyssavirus includes the causative agent (rabies virus) of rabies. [5]

  4. Rabies virus - Wikipedia

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    3D still showing rabies virus structure. Rhabdoviruses have helical symmetry, so their infectious particles are approximately cylindrical in shape. They are characterized by an extremely broad host spectrum ranging from plants [citation needed] to insects [citation needed] and mammals; human-infecting viruses more commonly have icosahedral symmetry and take shapes approximating regular polyhedra.

  5. Rabies vaccine - Wikipedia

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    After exposure to rabies, there is no contraindication to its use, because the untreated virus is virtually 100% fatal. [11] [13] The first rabies vaccine was introduced in 1885 and was followed by an improved version in 1908. [14] Over 29 million people worldwide receive human rabies vaccine annually. [15]

  6. Stray dog attacks in India - Wikipedia

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    India has 36% of all rabies deaths in the world. [3] India also has the largest number of stray dogs in the world, along with the highest cases of rabies deaths. Most rabies deaths are unreported. In compliance with Animal Birth Control rules, 2001, stray dogs may not be killed, only sterilized. Municipalities lack the money to sterilize stray ...

  7. List of wolf attacks in North America - Wikipedia

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    The other wolf was still chewing at the Labrador Retriever's hindquarters, so Moore took another swing on the hatchet as it flew out of his hand. In a last-ditch attempt to come to his dog's aid, he laid on top of his Labrador Retriever like a human shield and kicked at the wolf’s snout. St. Paul Pioneer Press [62] and City Pages [63] Woman ...

  8. Skunk - Wikipedia

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    Skunk bites in humans can result in infection with the rabies virus. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recorded 1,494 cases of rabies in skunks in the United States for the year 2006—about 21.5% of reported cases in all species. [39] [40] Skunks in fact are less prominent than raccoons as vectors of rabies.

  9. Prevalence of rabies - Wikipedia

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    Canine mediated human rabies has been eliminated since 1980, and lyssaviruses have not been found in bat populations since 1954. [99] The last human death due to rabies occurred in 1980 (following a dog bite), [100] while the last case of rabies detected in a dog was in 2011. [101] Rabies was detected in a fox in 2018. [102]