0 a serious disease of the nervous system that can cause death. Rabies can be passed on to humans by other animals:
1 a disease of the nervous system of animals that can be spread to humans, usually by a bite of an infected animal, and that causes death if not treated quickly
Human exposure through biting incidents, especially unprovoked attacks, should be treated immediately with rabies post-exposure treatment and the bat, where possible, retained for laboratory analysis.
Phylogenetic analysis showed that rabies viruses isolated in foxes, dogs and humans belonged to a single genetic variant.
Counties affected by the red-fox variant of rabies virus excluded.
An associated trend observed in this latter focus of infection has been the increasing number of rabies cases in the fox.
The first sign noticed in animals dying of rabies was a decrease in blood consumption (4 days before death), leading to dehydration.
Two models were developed using different groupings of temporal stages of raccoon rabies in a county.
Annual surveillance summaries of animal rabies also suggest a persistent elevation in rabid cats following in the wake of the spreading raccoon epizootic.
Genotype 1 includes the classical rabies virus strains found worldwide.
