Posts tagged: Rabies

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…