Posts tagged: Rabies
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Rabies
Aug 27, 2011
VaccinationsAging Article: Health » Rabies Rabies (pronounced /ˈreɪbiːz/. From Latin: rabies, “madness”) is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in warm-blooded animals.[1] It is zoonotic (i.e., transmitted by animals), most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is…
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Vaccinations
Aug 27, 2011
Skin DisordersRabies Article: Health » Vaccinations Programs supporting regular vaccination of dogs have contributed both to the health of dogs and to the public health. In countries where routine rabies vaccination of dogs is practiced, rabies in humans is reduced to a very rare event. Currently, there are geographically defined core vaccines and individually chosen…
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