What are some interesting facts about rabies?

Answer 1

It kills at least 55,000 people each year mostly in Africa and Asia because there is poor health care. Edgar Allen Poe might have died from rabies. Many people who get it die within a week. Its complete scientific name( Lyssavirus Rabies or L. Rabies) means "mad frenzy." Louis Pasteur developed a rabies vaccine in 1885. Cujo is a movie and book about a rabid dog. To Kill A Mockingbird has a scene with a rabid dog in it.There have not been any rabies cases from dog bites in a few years in the United States because of animal vaccination.

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