Rabies
Type of micro-organism:
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Virus
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Transmission of the disease:
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Any warm-blooded animal including human can be inflected by Rabies. Most animals can be inflected this virus and is able to transmit to humans. Rabies is able to grow up in cells of humans’ bodies and develop. It can also transmit between humans, but it is rare.
Signs and symptoms:
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The period between infection and the first flu-like symptoms is normally two to twelve weeks, but can be as long as two years. Soon after, the symptoms expand to slight or partial paralysis, cerebral dysfunction, anxiety, insomnia, confusion, agitation, abnormal behavior, paranoia, terror, hallucinations, progressing to delirium.
Death almost invariably results two to ten days after the first symptoms; the few humans who are known to have survived the disease were all left with severe brain damage.
Prevention and/or treatment:
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A vaccine was developed by Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux in 1885.
• Post-exposure prophylaxis
• Blood-brain barrier
• Induced coma
