Rabies What is Rabies? Who gets Rabies? Rabies is a viral disease of humans and other mammals. It is most common in carnivores. The word rabies comes from the word "hydrophobia", fear of water. Rabies is a potentially deadly disease. There are many things you can do to prevent yourself from meeting rabies. The most important thing to do, is to be certain your pets have updated vaccinations. Your pets can first get their vaccinations when they are three months old. After that booster vaccinations
RABIES Rabies is a zoonotic disease dating back to ancient times. The origin of the word rabies could either be from the Sanskrit word, rabhas, which means ‘‘to do violence,’’ or from the Latin rabere, meaning ‘‘to rage or rave.’’ (Kumar, 2009). In the beginning people thought applying the hair of a rabid dog, or applying a glowing hot metal rod to the wound would cure the disease this caused other infections. In some countries people would kill themselves or others if bit by a rabid dog, this was
Rabies Rabies virus belongs to the Lyssavirus family in which all the members are animal viruses mainly found in bats and are of a bullet-like shape. The virus is usually spread through bites or scratches. Rabies was first suspected in bats in Brazil during the 1910s. In 1931, it was diagnosed for the first time in Trinidad. Rabies is most common in Asia and found more in wild animals than in domestic animals or humans. There has only been one person who miraculously survived rabies even though
Rabies Rabies is an infectious disease of animals which is a member of a group of viruses constituting the family Rhabdoviridae. The virus particle is covered in a fatty membrane, is bullet-shaped, 70 by 180 nanometres and contains a single helical strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA). Although rabies is usually spread among domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals, all warm-blooded animals are susceptible to infection. The virus is often present in the salivary glands of infected animals, referred
Rabies, it kills 30-70 thousand people each year around the world (CDC). 40,000 people are treated for it each year in the United States alone (CDC). Carried by rabid animals, this viral infection poses a threat to animal lovers alike. The primary problem of rabies is prevention, the effects are severe, and the causes are many. The virus is spread by animals. Warm blooded animals are required to transmit the virus and the disease is almost always fatal (CDC). It is passed through saliva from the
Abstract Rabies is a highly infectious viral disease that can easily ruin and eventually end the lives of both humans and animals alike. Rabies comes in two forms for animals. It comes in the form of paralytic rabies, which is the kind that puts you in paralysis right from the beginning, skipping the symptoms of agitation and excitability. Rabies also appears in the form of furious rabies, which is completely different in the way that it makes the victim restless, vicious and agitated. When humans
Rabies: Microbiology Structure Rabies virus belongs to Lyssavirus genus, Rhadboviridae family. It is a negative-sense, non-segmented, single-strand RNA and 180 nm long* 75 nm wide bullet-shape virus. All rhabdoviruses have two main structural components: a helical ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex and a surrounding viral envelope. The rabies virus genome encodes five functional proteins: L (transcriptase), N (nucleoprotein), and NS (transcriptase-associated) protein with viral RNA are composed of the
History of Rabies Abstract: Rabies, literally meaning “furious” in Latin, is commonly known throughout the ages for its terrifying effects on both humans and animals alike. Because the disease is fatal, people throughout the world have put greatest effort to find ways of controlling and preventing the disease. Natural remedies and protection amulets were used until Pasteur’s discovery of the vaccine. Based on those findings, people have altered techniques to make the vaccine. However, recently
Rabies is the oldest infectious disease that is spread between species. Historical evidence of rabies dates from about 2300 BC. The first written record of rabies is in the Eshnunna code (ca.1930 BC), which states that owners of rabid dogs with symptoms of rabies should take preventative measures to keep their dog away from others. If a person were to be bitten and later become ill or die, the owner would be fined heavily. During this time and for many centuries to follow, it was commonplace to kill
Rabies Control Rabies is widespread due to the lack of control, especially in third-world countries that obtain the virus usually through being bitten by the animals in the wild. Nevertheless, rabies cases overall has decreased compared to previous years due to increased restrictions that includes vaccinations and laws. This has made countries such as the United States and Great Britain average about only a couple of cases of rabies a year. Unfortunately, rabies will most likely remain as it is
Rabies is caused by a bullet-shaped virus of the genus Lyssavirus in the family Rhabdoviridae. Rabies is an ancient viral infection of the central nervous system and is considered one of the oldest communicable diseases in humans. The rabies virus was first isolated by Louis Pasteur in 1885 and he was the first scientist to produce the rabies vaccine. Because it is an enveloped virus, rabies is inactivated by several concentrations of formalin, halogens, phenols, alcohols, mineral acids, and other
Rabies a viral disease to warm blooded animals, its timeline dates back as far to 2300 BC. Research shows that dog owners of Babylonian city of Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Province, Iraq) were fined for their dogs biting and causing death to people of the city. Rabies causes panic and fear into people in 1759-1762 making it a grim barbaric scene in London where street dogs were shot and given a reward restricting dogs to a month of confinement. In the 1800 hundreds becoming a widespread
The word “rabies” originates from a Latin word meaning “to rage”. This is because animals with rabies typically act violently when infected with the disease. Rabies not only causes agitated behavior, when not treated correctly, it can be fatal. Rabies is a worldwide problem with an interesting background, an accomplished microbiologist who discovered a vaccine, and a plan for prevention in the future. Rabies is a severe acute viral infection that mainly affects the central nervous system. Traces
Cake gets bit by a rabid dog and gets driven mad by the disease and eventually ends up dead in the process. Rabies is a disease that affects the brain not only in animals but in humans as well. By comparing the true effects of rabies and the novels description it will shed light to whether the portrayal is accurate or an elaborate dramatization to create a more suspenseful atmosphere. Rabies is a deadly virus that occurs in the brain. It can affect all mammals but the ones that are most commonly found
known as the father of modern medical industry and the study of microorganisms. One example from his contributed works can be vaccine. With his rabies vaccine, he has been saving thousands of people’s life throughout many decades. Louis Pasteur is legendary due to his significant biography, family history and his own achievements, especially vaccine for rabies and his impact to our life nowadays. First of all, his family condition and history were significant to him. Louis Pasteur was born in a tanner
administrator of scientific studies of the École Normale Supérieure. Pasteur wrote several books and journals (Thefamouspeople.com.2014). In 1895, Pasteur studied rabies in 1882, which is a transmittable disease spread by the bite of rabies-infected animals, and spent many hours in his laboratory in search of a vaccine to prevent rabies (HowstuffWorks.com. 2009). Louis Pasteur Childhood Louis Pasteur was born in 1822 to Jean-Joseph Pasteur and Jeanne-Etiennette Roqui and the family lived in Dole,
Watching the movie is so much more interesting, and it grabs your imagination by the hand. There are not that many things that are different in the movie. In fact the movie describes what?s going on a little better than the book. Basically the book seems like an out line of the whole story and the book gets into details a little more. In the beginning of the book it talks about Tad going to bed and how he?s a little nervous because he thinks there is a monster under his bed. His father tucks
than the literal one. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the use of symbols play a crucial role in the development of the novel. One of the first major symbols that emerge in the novel is Tim Johnson, a mad dog who is infected with rabies. Just as the dog is infected with rabies, the people of Maycomb County are "infected" with racism (Jones 54). When Tom Robinson is brought to trial, convicted, and ultimately murdered for a crime he did not commit, no one in the town seems to show any compassion or regret
science and medicine such as stereochemistry, microbiology, virology, immunology, and molecular biology. He also proved the germ theory of disease, invented the process of pasteurization, fermentation, and developed vaccines for many diseases, including rabies. Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, France, and grew up in the small town of Arbois. As a young boy, Pasteur showed no particular interest in science. His talents were mainly drawing and painting. At age thirteen, he could draw remarkable
DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT " There is not one single test to detect rabies in humans' ante-mortem (before death).11 " "Saliva can be tested by virus isolation or reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction."11 " Antibody testing is done on spinal fluid and serum to detect the rabies virus.11 " Antigen testing is performed on skin biopsies at the base of hair follicles in cutaneous nerves.11 " Dr. Rodney Willoughby was a pediatric disease specialist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin