PDF-Rabies: The Silent Killer

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. RABIES. RABIES. An acute, highly fatal viral disease of the central nervous system, caused by . Lyssavirus , Type I. .. Also known as . Hydrophobia.. 20,000 Deaths, 17.4 million animal bite cases annually.. 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 Inform, Educate and Empower People through Responsible Pet Ownership and Vaccinations. “Combating . rabies may be a difficult task but . certainly not an impossible one. The fight to . save human and animal lives and health . Monica Cardenas, MD, PGY1. 4/18/14. AB is a 10 year old boy presents to the ED after being bit by his neighbors dog in the left lower extremity. His brother states that the dog was playing and sniffing them when AB got scared and ran away. The dog was jumping and sniffing at him when he bit his leg. His mother brought him immediately to the emergency room. On exam vitals are stable and the bite is about 4cm in diameter localized to posterior calf muscle. Exam is otherwise WNL. His mom reports that the owner stated the dog was healthy and fully immunized but could not produce papers to support it. She wants to know if he needs to get any shots today. What do you tell her?. 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 . By Dr. Victoria J. Cabrera DVM. 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.. THE SILENT . KILLER . Bro. . Danjuma. . Ogbere. TEXT. EPHESIANS 4:26-27. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. . NKJV. Anger: The Silent Killer. Assuring quality and sustainability of rabies dog vaccination programme:. vaccination – rabies surveillance. post vaccination monitoring. .  . 7 - 9 September 2011. Incheon-Seoul, Korea. Florence . Presenter:. 10.2012. UNCLASSIFIED//APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. Goals. Ensure appropriate treatment of individuals who may have sustained unreported or incompletely treated rabies risk exposures. Ensure assessment is routine part of post-deployment evaluations. Assistant professor. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bihar Veterinary College (BASU), Patna-800014.. Unit 6. Introduction. Synonym: . Hydrophobia, . Lyssa. , Mad dog disease, . Rage, . Tollwut. The disease occurs as paralytic rabies, known as . rapid progressive & highly fatal viral disease of CNS caused by Lyssavirus type 1. .. Zoonotic . disease of warm blooded animals (dogs, cats , bats, racoons, skunks, foxes ) . Transmitted . to man by bite of rabid animal. A collaboration between Jackson and Josephine County Public Health, Oregon State University . Public . Health and Human Sciences and Oregon State University Extension. 1. 2. Rabies is a public health problem . Matsumoto T, Ahmed K, Wimalaratne O, Nanayakkara S, Perera D, Karunanayake D, et al. Novel Sylvatic Rabies Virus Variant in Endangered Golden Palm Civet, Sri Lanka. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17(12):2346-2349. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110811.