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Rabies (, "madness, rage, fury"), a.k.a. hydrophobia is a viral zoonotic
disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in
mammals. In non-vaccinated humans, rabies is almost invariably fatal after
neurological symptoms have developed, but prompt post-exposure vaccination
may prevent the virus from progressing. There are only six known cases of
a person surviving symptomatic rabies, and only one known case of
survival in which the patient received no rabies-specific treatment either
before or after illness onset.[LINK:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a1.htm] [1] Recovery of a
Patient from Clinical Rabies --- Wisconsin, 2004
Structure
The virus is a Lyssavirus. This genus o
Discography not available
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Rabies,
