Rabies
hydrophobia
Rabies
"Hydrophobia" is a noun, the name of a disease.
Some common nicknames for rabies include "hydrophobia" and "mad dog disease."
In Canada
Hydrophobia is fear of water
it is caused by street virus .
Hylophobia - fear of forests
It is just another name for rabies, a nearly almost always fatal disease, carried mainly by carnivorous mammals.
They get vicious and if they scratch or bite you. You will get crazy, so avoid this disease.
If by hydrophobia, you are referring to Rabies Encephalitis, then in suburban areas where humans come in close contact to vectors such as raccoons, feral dogs, bats, foxes, etc.
old yeller had rabies