(Part 7, Zoonotic Diseases, VPE)
Rabies - Zoonotic Disease
by Dr. Ripan Biswas, Department of VPE, F/O-VAS, of West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences.
Description:
Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes progressive and fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Although rabies is entirely avoidable; vaccines, medicines and technologies have long been available to prevent death from rabies. But rabies still kills tens thousands of people each year. Of these cases approximately 99% are acquired from the bite of an infected dog.
Note: The following pdf is the VPE note of Zoonotic Diseases, Part 7 of BVSc & AH. *VPE- Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology.
Topics of the PDF file of 'Rabies - Zoonotic Disease' :
Etiology or Causative agent / Rabies around the World / Structure of the Rabies Virus / History of Rabies / World Rabies Day-28th Sep / Epidemiology of Rabies / Steps of Rabies infection in Human Body / Clinical forms of Rabies / Symptoms of Rabies / Economic impact of Rabies / Prevention and Control of Rabies / Vaccination of Rabies.
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