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Rabies is caused by a viral infection that affects the nervous system, and is zoonotic, meaning that it can be passed animal to human, in the saliva when bitten by an infected animal. When an animal is bitten the saliva carries the rabies virus into the body and it travels down the peripheral nervous system. The rabies virus attaches itself to a healthy nerve cell and when it is accepted it starts to multiply rapidly inside. The new rabies virus leaves and moves onto another healthy cell.
it slowley rotts your brain its very painfull its fatal as well it also causes animals in some cases to not fear humans and attack them witch is how it is mainly spread only curable with a serise of very large needle with a salution injected in o the stoumach very very very painfull
First symptom's are flu like with anxiety and hydrophobia.Inflammation of the brain occurs with causes paralysis.Patients cannot swallow and are fearful of water therefore cannot quench their thirst.Rabies is nearly always fatal due to respiratory problems because of the paralysis.
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What tissue of the body does rabies infect?
Rabies causes inflammation of the brain in human
How fast rabies infect humans?
Rabies infect humans depending on how far is the bite to your brain.
Do bush dogs have rabies?
Rabies can infect any mammal. However, most mammals, and most bush dogs, do not have rabies.
How many victims does rabies infect?
every year about 55 thousand people die from rabies
Can a cat get and infect to people rabies if they have a rabies shotAsk us anything?
If a cat has a rabies shot after it has already become infected with rabies, the shot will be ineffective and the cat can infect people despite having been vaccinated. If the cat receives its rabies shot while it is healthy, and if the shot is effective (which it is nearly all the time), then the cat cannot catch rabies and cannot infect a human. However, a very small number of rabies shots (about one in 100,000) is not effective. Note that the rabies vaccine can lose effectiveness if it is mishandled. In almost all cases, if the original shot is ineffective, the booster shot corrects it.
When can a rabies cat infect you. i heard it was only a couple of days. would it be obvious if the cat had it. and also can it be detected with an eye test?
Rabies is transmitted through the salvia. If a cat has rabies, he can infect you with it. If a person is bitten or scratched by a cat with rabies, they have the possibility of getting rabies. An animal with rabies can show several symptoms. It can be disoriented, dumb looking, vicious, tired, foaming at the mouth, and/or unable to swallow. The only way to check for rabies is to send the head of the animal off for brain biopsy. For humans there is no test. If you are bitten or scratched by a rabies animal, go get rabies shots immediately.
What do viruses that cause physical diseases infect?
It depends on what kind of virus. Viruses can infect any cell in the human body. Viruses such as HIV infect the immune system; air-born viruses, such as H1N1 or a cold, infect the respiratory system; neurological viruses, like rabies infect the brain (the virus is usually carried to it by peripheral nerves); and viruses like polio effect the nervous system, which can create paralysis.
Can bse and rabies mutate to infect humans?
Looks like it already has, on your face. Come at me bro'
Can a human virus infect another organism?
rabies, but that's kind of vise-versa don't you think?
Can you be infected with rabies by kissing a dog?
It is possible, but not likely. If the dog has rabies, and you have cuts in your mouth, it could be possible to be infected.
Can dwarf hamesters get rabies?
Yes. Rabies is not particular about species; any mammal can get it, and it's even possible to infect birds with it (in the lab; I don't think there are any known wild cases).
Can you get rabies from kissing someone who has rabies?
Yes, though it is very rare. You must come in direct contact with the blood or saliva of an infect person.
