Rabies

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Rabies
Adria Tuck Period 5
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What is it?

• An acute Viral infection affecting the nervous
  system of animals.
• It can be transmitted by bite or exposure of
  broken skin to the Rabid Animals saliva

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How do you get it

• Rabies is transmitted by saliva that enters the
  body by a bite or opening in the skin.
• It then travels through your body to the brain
  and then it affects your Nervous System

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• Low fever 102.2 degrees
• Pain at site of bite
• difficulty swallowing
• restlessness

Affects
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More Affects
Muscle Spasms
Drooling
Numbness and Tingling
Stress
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Usually in . . . .
Skunks
Raccoons
Foxes
Bats
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Preventions

To be sure that you do not get rabies you
should be careful of you actions with animals.
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Bibliography

• http//onhealth.com/ch1/resource/conditions/item/4
  71.asp\
• WWW.askjeeves.com
• WWW.MSN.com
• http//WWW.pasteur.fr/recherche/rage/rageanglais.h
  tml

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