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5 Ιουν 2024 · Rabies infects mammals, including dogs, cats, livestock and wildlife. Rabies spreads to people and animals via saliva, usually through bites, scratches, or direct contact with mucosa (e.g. eyes, mouth, or open wounds). Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is virtually 100% fatal.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all transmissions of the disease to humans. [7] Rabies in dogs, humans and other animals can be prevented through vaccination.
With a fatality rate of almost 100% in humans and animals alike, rabies remains a global threat, killing approximately 59,000 people every year. Dogs are the main reservoir of the disease. Controlling and eliminating the deadly zoonosis means, therefore, combatting it at its animal source.
Most clinical cases of rabies in dogs develop within 21–80 days after exposure; however, the incubation period may be shorter or considerably longer. One recorded case of rabies in a person in the US had an incubation period estimated reliably to be > 8 years.
5 Νοε 2015 · The rabies virus, a public health scourge from ancient times, is currently responsible for an estimated 59,000 human deaths a year, almost all transmitted via dog bites. It causes considerable economic impacts on developing countries, primarily in Africa and Asia, which can least afford these losses.
Dogs are the main hosts and transmitters of rabies. They are the cause of human rabies deaths in 99% of all cases. Dog-mediated rabies kills tens of thousands of people every year, many of whom are children. The disease is present in over 150 countries and territories across the globe.
1 Ιουν 2023 · Canine rabies is a life-threatening ancient zoonotic disease with world-wide occurrence [10], causes fatality in both humans and animals. The term rabies comes through Latin from the Sanskrit word “rabhas”, which means "to do violence”.
