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Rabies
Rabies is an infectious disease of animals which is a member of a group of
viruses constituting the family Rhabdoviridae. The virus particle is covered in
a fatty membrane, is bullet-shaped, 70 by 180 nanometres and contains a single
helical strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA).
Although rabies is usually spread among domestic dog ....
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.... fever, irritability, restlessness and anxiety. Progression may occur
on to muscle pains, excessive salivation, and vomiting. After a few days or up
to a week the person may go through a stage of excitement, and be afflicted with
painful muscle spasms which are sometimes set off by swallowing of saliva or
water. Because of this the afflicted will drool and learn to fear water, which
is why rabies in humans was sometimes called Hydrophobia. The patients are also
extremely sensitive to air or drafts blown on their face. The stage lasts ....
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