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Rabies
Rabies
2021
RABIES
• Primarily a Zoonotic disease of warm
blooded animal
• such as :-
• Dogs,
• wild cats,
• Jackals,
• wolves etc.
• It is caused by the Neurotropic RNA virus belongs to
Rhabdoviridae type I (LYSSAVIRUS type I) is Bullet
shaped virus
• It is an acute
• Highly fatal viral dis: of CNS
Transmitted to man by:
• Bites
OR
• Licks of rabid animals
Agent Factors:
Agent
(LYSSAVIRUS type I)
Rhabdoviridae type I
Bullet shaped
• History of Rabies Virus
• Man described the disease in 2300 B.C.
• North America 4 - 8
• Europe 10 - 20
• Latin America 200 - 400
• Africa 500 - 1,000
• Asia 30,000 - 40,000
• FREE RABIES ZONE:
• Australia,
• China,
Iceland,
• Ireland,
• Japan,
• New Zealand etc
Types of Rabies virus
STREET VIRUS FIXED VIRUS
Definition: the virus Definition: the virus
recovered from which has a short, fixed
naturally occurring and reproducible
cases of rabies is incubation period is
called “street virus” called “fixed virus
• normally it is 3 - 8 wks
DEATH / Recovery
(summary)
Transmission of Rabies
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