Rabies
Kirsty Conner And Aly Muzzy
Pathogen that causes rabies
-Rabies virus is a bullet-shaped, single-stranded negative-sense, enveloped RNA virus.
- Lyssavirus of the Rhabdoviridae family causes the rabies.
Pathogen first identified
- Still exists today
Signs and Symptoms
How rabies is spread
- a bite of a rabid animal
-infected saliva of a host is passed to an uninfected animal
Prevention
-Vaccinate your pets
-Keep your pets confined
-Protect small pets from predators
-Report stray animals to local authorities
-Don't approach wild animals
-Consider the rabies vaccine if you're traveling
Treated
-No specific treatment
-series of shots
-A fast-acting shot if you got bite and you know the animal had rabies - rabies immune globulin
Intersting Information
-deadly viral infection
-55,000 people die from rabies every year
- Rabies has been reported in every state but Hawaii
-incubation period is three to eight weeks
-most common rabies carriers in the U.S. are raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes