Rabies

Courtney Nickle

December 5, 2009

11:42 p.m

Rabies

Rabies is spread throughout the globe. Africa has recently been most affected by this virus and it seems to be spreading to India, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. More than 55,000 people are affected by Rabies and 95% of the unlucky patients die. The most common way of being infected by this virus is mostly by being bitten by a dog. Most patients are between the age of 15 since all kids like animals they are more likely to be bitten not realizing the consequence of their actions. There are vaccines for this Rabies and should be treated as soon as possible. The first symptoms that people should look for after being around animals that they are not familiar with are mostly flu like symptoms, fever, headache, and fatigue. If you do not catch those symptoms then it will progress to your respiratory system and central nervous system. Once it has done that there is no real treatment to keep you from dying. The only way to prevent this disease from spreading is by vaccinating all animals since they are the main source.