Rabies

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Rabies virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA) Order: Mononegavirales Family: Rhabdoviridae Genus: Lyssavirus Species: Rabies virus

Rabies
Rabies virus
ICD-10	A82
ICD-9	071
DiseasesDB	11148
MedlinePlus	001334
MeSH	D011818

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History and Symptoms
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory tests | CT

Treatment

Medical therapy | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies

See also

• Australian Bat Lyssavirus, a virus very similar to rabies that responds to rabies treatments.
• World Rabies Day
• Alliance for Rabies Control

Further reading

• Waterman, James A. 1965. "The History of the Outbreak of Paralytic Rabies in Trinidad Transmitted by Bats to Human Beings and the Lower Animals from 1925." The Caribbean Medical Journal. 1954. Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1–4, pp. 164–169.
• Fleming, Theodore H. 2003. A Bat Man in the Tropics: Chasing El Duende. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23606-8.

Acknowledgements

The content on this page was first contributed by: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.

External links

• History of Rabies in Los Angeles

Sources

• Manbir Online
• CNN News report of CDC news release - July 1, 2004.
• Associated Press report: Families of rabies transplant victims react to deaths - July 3, 2004
• BBC News Europe Report: Romanian killer bear had rabies - 19 October, 2004.
• First Unvaccinated Rabies Survivor Goes Home - January 3, 2005

Other links

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization factsheet on Rabies
• World Health Organization factsheet on Rabies vaccine
• Rules for importing pets to the United Kingdom
• A Rabies-Free World, Inc. - NPO dedicated to fighting rabies worldwide
• Kids4RabiesFreeWorld - RFW's site for kids & students
• Rules for importing pets to the European Union
• Rules for importing pets to the European Union Q&A
• Aspen Skunk Rabies Research
• "When Raccoons Attack" from Field & Stream Online
• "Only Known Unvaccinated Rabies Survivor Thrives" (USA Today) Progress report on the one known survivor of rabies
• "Filipino Child with Rabies" (metacafe.com) Disturbing video of a small child, exhibiting the advanced stages of rabies mentioned above