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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. 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.

  4. Negri body - Wikipedia

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    Negri was convinced the inclusions were a parasitic protozoon and the etiologic agent of rabies. Later that same year, however, Paul Remlinger and Rifat-Bey Frasheri in Constantinople and, separately, Alfonso di Vestea in Naples showed that the etiologic agent of rabies is a filterable virus. Negri continued until 1909 to try to prove that the ...

  5. Do I need to be worried about rabies? Here's what to know. - AOL

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    Rabies does have an early-disease stage in which people have a general sense of illness, with fever, chills, muscle weakness, muscle pain, fatigue, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting. This can ...

  6. List of parasites of humans - Wikipedia

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    Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...

  7. What is rabies and how does it spread? What to know after ...

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  8. 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]

  9. Does Medicare Cover the Rabies Vaccine? - AOL

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    This can include if you have been exposed to rabies or have been bitten or scratched by an animal suspected to have rabies. Medicare Part B does not cover the rabies preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP ...