Rabies is a viral disease, which occurs in more than 150 countries and territories. Once symptoms are present, rabies is almost always fatal.
Bite or scratch from an infected animal, including bats, foxes, monkeys and other free roaming animals. Dogs are the source of the vast majority of human rabies death. Transmission can also occur when infectious material, usually saliva, comes into direct contact with human mucosa or fresh skin wounds.
(vast majority occurring in rural areas of Africa and Asia) worldwide annually (estimated)
Fever, wound site pain, unusual tingling, pricking or burning sensation around the wound site.
Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, hyperactivity, hydrophobia, loss of consciousness, death.
Precautions against rabies, including avoiding animal bites and vaccination (pre-exposure, for travellers to endemic areas), should be considered.
Avoiding risk situations for animals bites. Thorough wound cleaning, initiated as soon as possible after exposure.
Vaccination and immunoglobulin (post-exposure, for all exposed people).
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