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	rabies.html
		Rabies is a viral disease which is usually transmitted to human beings through a bite from a domesticated or wild animal.
		The other two proteins encoded for by the rabies genome are the M (or matrix) protein, which has been shown to be crucial in the ability of a newly formed virus to bud from the host cell membrane, and the transmembrane G protein, which is involved in host cell attachment and invasion.
		Despite the success of rabies vaccines in protection of both humans and domestic animals, one must always be aware that strains of the virus in the wild can diverge evolutionarily from the vaccine strain and render the vaccine somewhat less effective.
	www.haverford.edu /biology/edwards/disease/viral_essays/highA.html (3406 words)

	RABIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With the exception of Antartica and Australia, animal rabies is present in all continents.
		Rabies isolates are, either termed street rabies or wildlife rabies, or fixed virus for laboratory adapted rabies virus strains.
		Rabies prophylaxis of canine rabies consists in control of the stray dogs, and by protective vaccination of dogs.
	www.pasteur.fr /recherche/rage/rage-eng.html (889 words)

	MDTravel Health - Rabies
		Rabies is a viral infection of the brain and spinal cord that is almost always fatal.
		The rabies virus is carried in the saliva of infected animals and is typically transmitted through an animal bite, though contamination of any break in the skin with infected saliva may result in rabies.
		Some poorer countries may not have rabies immune globulin or may offer only one of the older, brain-tissue-derived rabies vaccines, which are much less effective than tissue- and avian-culture vaccines, are painful, and sometimes cause neuroparalytic reactions, including meningoencephalitis, mononeuritis multiplex, tranverse myelitis, and ascending paralysis of the Landry type.
	www.mdtravelhealth.com /infectious/rabies.html (896 words)

	WHO \| Human and animal rabies
		Rabies is a vaccine-preventable disease, and it is still a significant public health problem in many countries of Asia and Africa, even though safe, effective vaccines for both human and veterinary use exist.
		Most of the 55 000 deaths from rabies reported annually around the world occur in Asia and Africa, and most of the victims are children: 30–50% of the reported cases of rabies—and therefore deaths—occur in children under 15 years of age.
		Therefore, rabies usually falls between two stools and is not dealt with appropriately either by the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Agriculture.
	www.who.int /rabies/en (399 words)

	Rabies
		Rabies is a viral infection that affects the nervous system of mammals.
		Vaccinate livestock in contact with the general public, in shipment to or from rabies outbreak areas or housed in structures known to be occupied by raccoons or bats.
		If the animal develops signs of rabies or dies during the period, or belongs to a wildlife or exotic species, it must be euthanized humanely and arrangements made for the rabies examination; the animal's head must remain intact.
	www.co.el-dorado.ca.us /publichealth/rabies.html (872 words)

	Rabies
		Although rabies infections in people are rare, they can cause serious health problems.
		Rabies is a virus that is usually transmitted by a bite from a wild infected animal, such as a bat, raccoon, skunk, or fox.
		One of the most distinctive signs of a rabies infection is a tingling or twitching sensation around the area of the animal bite.
	kidshealth.org /parent/infections/bacterial_viral/rabies.html (1062 words)

	Rabies - Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
		Rabies is a disease (caused by the rabies virus) primarily of animals, including both wild and domestic animals and human beings.
		The rabies virus, present in the saliva of an infected animal, is usually spread by a bite or scratch that punctures the victim's skin.
		After a symptom-free incubation period that ranges from 10 days to a year or longer (the average is 30 to 50 days), the patient complains of malaise, loss of appetite, fatigue, headache, and fever.
	www.healthscout.com /ency/68/738/main.html (811 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Rabies
		Rabies is a frequently fatal, acute viral infection.
		Rabies is spread by infected saliva that enters the body through a bite or broken skin.
		Although dog bites are a common cause of rabies in developing countries, there have been no reports of rabies caused by dog bites in the U.S. for a number of years due to widespread animal vaccination.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001334.htm (761 words)

	Rabies
		Rabies is a viral infection of the central nervous system, which means it affects the brain, spinal cord, and their surrounding membranes.
		Because of the widespread use of the rabies vaccine for pets in the United States, today most cases of rabies are transmitted by wild animals such as bats, foxes, raccoons, skunks, coyotes, and wolves.
		Because rabies must be treated before the infection reaches the brain, a time during which the patient is symptom-free, it's important to act quickly to make a diagnosis and begin treatment.
	www.hmc.psu.edu /healthinfo/r/rabies.htm (1356 words)

	Rabies
		Rabies is a viral infection of certain warm-blooded animals and is caused by a virus in the Rhabdoviridae family.
		Usually, rabies is rare in small rodents such as beavers, chipmunks, squirrels, rats, mice, or hamsters.
		The rabies virus enters the body through a cut or scratch, or through mucous membranes (such as the lining of the mouth and eyes), and travels to the central nervous system.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/peds_infectious/rabies.cfm (713 words)

	Rabies
		Rabies is caused by a virus, which, among other things, attacks the nervous system and is excreted later in the saliva.
		Rabies is a classic 'zoonosis', which means that it is an illness that is passed directly from animal to animal and from animal to human.
		Rabies is prevalent in all the continental regions of Asia, America and Africa.
	www.netdoctor.co.uk /travel/diseases/rabies.htm (1403 words)

	Rabies
		Rabies is a serious infection of the nervous system, which controls everything you do - from breathing to walking.
		A person can get rabies if he or she is bitten or scratched by an animal that carries the rabies virus.
		With rabies, the incubation period may be a few days to several weeks or even a lot longer.
	kidshealth.org /kid/health_problems/infection/rabies.html (625 words)

	Rabies
		Rabies is almost always fatal and only three survivors of symptomatic rabies have been documented.
		In many western countries where rabies is endemic, vaccination of animals has reduced the rate of human disease and in the United States there is approximately one case of human rabies per year.
		Because rabies is present in nervous tissue (and not blood like many other viruses), the ideal tissue to test for the presence of rabies antigen is brain.
	pathmicro.med.sc.edu /virol/rabies.htm (3094 words)

	Rabies Laboratory at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The diagnosis of rabies in animals is performed on specimens submitted for examination following a bite or other possible exposure to a human or domestic animal, when the confinement and observation of the offending animal is not appropriate or possible.
		This test is generally performed to evaluate the adequacy of response to rabies vaccination, and to determine the need for booster vaccination to sustain an immune status for those at risk of rabies exposure (e.g., veterinarians, biologists, animal control workers).
		It was the first state rabies diagnostic laboratory in the United States to replace the mouse inoculation test with an in vitro cell culture system for the routine confirmation of the microscopic diagnosis of rabies.
	www.wadsworth.org /rabies (412 words)

	Rabies (hydrophobia)
		Rabies is a viral disease affecting the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).
		Treatment consists of one dose of rabies immune globulin (dosage dependent on body weight) and five doses of rabies vaccine given on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28 after exposure.
		To control the spread of rabies in wild animals such as raccoons, the New York State Department of Health oversees projects to distribute a special bait containing rabies vaccine.
	www.health.state.ny.us /diseases/communicable/rabies/fact_sheet.htm (912 words)

	Kentucky: Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Rabies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The purpose of rabies control is to prevent human cases, provide consultation on the needs of pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis, and to train Local Health Department environmental personnel on quarantine procedures for animals.
		Rabies control is mandated under KRS 258.005-258.990 and under the Communicable Disease Regulation 902KAR 2:070.
		Rabies is an infectious viral disease that affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals.
	chfs.ky.gov /dph/epi/rabies.htm (1047 words)

	Rabies - What You Need To Know
		Rabies is a disease caused by a virus found in the saliva of infected animals and is transmitted to pets and humans by bites, or possibly by contamination of an open cut.
		D uring recent years, confirmed cases of rabies in cats have exceeded the reported cases in dogs in some parts of the United States making vaccination and booster shots critical to your health and that of your pets.
		There is a human rabies vaccine available for preexposure and a globulin treatment with vaccination for postexposure prophylaxis.
	www.cfainc.org /articles/rabies.html (784 words)

	Rabies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rabies is a disease humans may get from being bitten by an animal infected with the rabies virus.
		Although rabies in humans is very rare in the United States, between 16,000 and 39,000 people receive preventive medical treatment each year after being exposed to a potentially rabid animal.
		Rabies in wildlife accounts for greater than 85% of animal rabies in the United States.
	www.emedicinehealth.com /rabies/article_em.htm (475 words)

	Rabies: Pet Health Topics from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University
		Rabies is an infectious disease caused by a Rhabdoviridae virus.
		Rabies may occur in bat populations in all of the lower 48 states.
		This method of travel makes rabies undetectable in a live animal because rabies is diagnosed by examining the brain microscopically and immunohistochemically (using rabies antibody) to demonstrate the presence of the virus.
	www.vetmed.wsu.edu /ClientED/rabies.asp (917 words)

	MedlinePlus: Rabies
		Rabies (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
		Rabies Infection and Animals (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
		The primary NIH organization for research on Rabies is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/rabies.html (175 words)

	eMedicine - Rabies : Article by Mark Merlin, DO, FACEP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		However, with recent raccoon rabies epizootic in the United States and high transmissibility of the rabies virus by bats, a fear of reemergence of rabies in humans continues to exist.
		Rabies continues to spread throughout the CNS, subsequently undergoing centrifugal spread along peripheral nerves to the skin, intestine, and into salivary glands, where it is shed in saliva.
		Human rabies immune globulin and vaccine are recommended for bites and exposures regardless of the period between exposure and treatment unless the individual is previously vaccinated and rabies antibodies can be detected.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic493.htm (4089 words)

	Rabies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabies (Latin, rabies, "madness, rage, fury") is a viral zoonotic disease that causes acute encephalitis in animals and people.
		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.
		The virus is usually present in the saliva of a symptomatic rabid animal; the route of infection is nearly always by a bite, and causes the infected animal to be exceptionally aggressive
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabies (3747 words)

	Rabies - MayoClinic.com
		Rabies is a serious viral disease that affects the central nervous system.
		Your risk of exposure to rabies in the United States is greater when you come into contact with a wild animal.
		Most rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals, including raccoons, skunks and foxes.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/rabies/DS00484 (335 words)

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