PPT-Rabies in the Balkans

By MAJ Donna DeBonis 30 JUL 2010 Camp Bondsteel Kosovo Purpose To inform medical treatment personnel about current risks of rabies in the Balkans To educate about state of the art rabies prevention in Balkan wild animals. Jupiter Images fluttering sound coming from the blinds covering his bedroom window. He gets out of a bat and releases it out the window. Weeks becomes disoriented and is admitted to a from w Some facts about rabies The rabies virus travels from the site of the bite to the brain through nerves at the rate of about a centimeter a day. The rabies virus is not present in the blood of the pat L/O – To explain the importance of the decline of Ottoman power and the importance of the Balkans to different countries. Trouble in the Balkans. In the early twentieth century, . the Balkans . was a very unstable area of Europe. . 1 What is rabies? Rabies is a serious disease. It is caused by a virus.Rabies is mainly a disease of animals. Humans get rabies when they are bitten by infected animals. source of human rabies worl 2012. Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. Poxvirus and Rabies Branch. March 2014. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division Name in this space. Distribution of major rabies virus variants among . Presented By. Mrs.S. . AKHILA DAS . M.Sc. (N). Asst. Professor. Department of Community Health Nursing. Annammal. College of Nursing. Introduction:. Rabies is a . zoonotic. disease caused by . lyssavirus. Alan C. Jackson, MD. Professor of Medicine (Neurology) . and of Medical Microbiology. Head, Section of Neurology. University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Rabies virus structure. Envelope. 2012. Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. Poxvirus and Rabies Branch. March 2014. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Division Name in this space. Distribution of major rabies virus variants among . Viruse. Rubella. Important Properties. Rubella virus is a member of the . togavirus. . family. It is composed of one piece of single-stranded RNA, an icosahedral . nucleocapsid. , and a lipoprotein envelope. I. It has been recognized in India since the Vedic period (1500–500 BC) and is described in the ancient Indian scripture . Atharvaveda. ,. Rabies is endemic in India, a vast country with a population exceeding 1.02 billion and a land area of 3.2 million km. . Animals most likely to transmit rabies in the United States include bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks. In developing countries of Africa and Southeast Asia, stray dogs are the most likely to spread rabies to people.. . Combatting Myths through Education. Lanta Animal Welfare. Koh Lanta Island, Thailand. Introduction – Rabies Within Thailand. ● 2011 study – highest MR Central / Southern Thailand . 2. ● MR . Oct 2018. Kelly H. Giesbrecht, DVM, MPH. KY State Public Health Veterinarian. Agenda. Rabies in KY. 2017 & 2018 Cases. Vaccination Clinic Regulation Updates. Quarantine Regulations. Rabies in Kentucky. Rabies. Is a lethal encephalitis cause by a virus in the family Rhabdoviridae genus Lyssavirus. Exposure occurs through the bite wound of an infected animal, typically wildlife such as raccoon, fox, skunk, or bat..