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well back in old England a fellow ship of crazy aristocrats began to arise and they called themselves Rabies they used to run around the town like lunatics. When the first rabid animal appeared victim said it looked like a rabies member and that was that

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The word rabies has its origin from the Sanskrit word "rabha" meaning Rage.

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Rabies means rage, mad, etc. because something/someone with rabies goes through alternating periods or rage and calm.

comes from a bigger group of rabies viruses called Rhabdoviruses.

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