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rabies(dictionary)
rabies(medicine)
Rabies(health)
rabies(dictionary)
Rabies virus(medicine)
paralytic rabies(medicine)
dumb rabies(medicine)
rabies vaccine(medicine)
furious rabies(medicine)

Rabies (health)


An acute infectious disease of the central nervous system affecting almost all mammals, including humans. It is caused by a rhabdovirus and usually spread by contamination with virus-laden saliva of bites inflicted by rabid animals. Important animal vectors include the dog, cat, vampire bat, mongoose, skunk, wolf, raccoon, and fox.