Condition

Rabies

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and abnormal sensations at the site of exposure, followed by nausea, vomiting, violent movements, uncontrolled excitement, fear of water, inability to move parts of the body, confusion, and loss of consciousness. Once symptoms appear, the result is virtually always death.

Facts
Classification
Body System
Nervous System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
I: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 2
Communicable or Non-communicable
Communicable 2
Transmission Route
Direct Contact 3
Transmission Route
Zoonotic 3
Condition Class
infectious, viral, acute 4
Causative Agent
Lyssaviruses 4
First Described
2000 BCE 4
Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category)
Viral 4
Connections

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Treated By

Source Animal vaccination (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Rabies Vaccine
Source Wikipedia: Rabies Vaccine
Source Vaccination of dogs (Wikipedia)
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Addressed By

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Source Wikipedia: Global Alliance for Rabies ControlInfobox, foundingtier 2
Quote, Infobox, founding
The Global Alliance for Rabies Control was established in 2007 as a 501(c)(3) organization in the US.

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Source Wikipedia: World Rabies DayLead sectiontier 2
Quote, Lead section
The first World Rabies Day campaign took place on 8 September 2007

Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: a program that addresses this condition.

Source WHO Publication Page: Zero by 30, Global Strategic Plan to End Human Deaths from Dog-Mediated Rabiesorganizations sectiontier 1
Quote, organizations section
the World Health Organizaton (WHO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC)
Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Body System: Nervous System
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter I
Quote, List of chapters, Chapter I
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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3. Wikidata: Rabies
Wikidata
  • Wikidata P1060 (transmission-route: direct-contact)
    Disease transmission process: contact transmission
  • Wikidata P1060 (transmission-route: zoonotic)
    Disease transmission process: animal bite
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4. Rabies (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Once symptoms appear, the result is virtually always death.
  • History section
    Rabies has been known since around 2000 BC.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies, lead section
    Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and abnormal sensations at the site of exposure, which are followed by nausea, vomiting, violent movements, uncontrolled excitement, f
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Vaccination of dogs (Wikipedia)
Treated By: Vaccination of Dogs, Lead: treats Rabies
Quote, Treated By: Vaccination of Dogs, Lead: treats Rabies
In countries where routine rabies vaccination of dogs is practiced, for example, rabies in humans is reduced to a very rare event.
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Wikipedia: Rabies Vaccine
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Treated By: Rabies Vaccine, Lead - treats-condition
    A rabies vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rabies.
  • Treated By: Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis, Lead (276123)
    A rabies vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rabies.
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Animal vaccination (Wikipedia)
Treated By: Animal Vaccination, Rabies
Quote, Treated By: Animal Vaccination, Rabies
The proactive approach of vaccinating stray dogs, which helps to prevent the disease at its source, has been seen to be the most cost-effective prevention of rabies.
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