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Last Updated: 22 Oct 09
    Rabies
    Rhabdoviridae
 


picture of rabies
Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. Domestic animals account for less than 10% of the reported rabies cases, with cats, cattle, and dogs most often reported rabid. Rabies virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. Early symptoms of rabies in humans are nonspecific, consisting of fever, headache, and general malaise. As the disease progresses, neurological symptoms appear and may include insomnia, anxiety, confusion, slight or partial paralysis, excitation, hallucinations, agitation, hypersalivation, difficulty swallowing, and hydrophobia (fear of water). Death usually occurs within days of the onset of symptoms.

 
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WHAT'S NEW?more...
  Rabies Vaccine: What You Need to Know
 Vaccine Information Statement
  MMQC-08-1446
 NOVARTIS / RABAVERT RABIES VACCINE / INFORMATION
  MMQC-08-1396
 NOVARTIS AND SANOFI-AVENTIS / RABAVERT AND IMOVAX RABIES VACCINE SEVERE SHORTAGE / INFORMATION BULLETIN

CLINICALmore...
  Important Dosing and Administration Information - HyperRAB™ S/D
 Revised Directions for Use of 2 mL Prefilled Syringe
  Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2007

ACIP GUIDELINESmore...
  Human Rabies Prevention - United States, 2008
 Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2008
 National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc.

SHORTAGEmore...
  MMQC-08-1396
 NOVARTIS AND SANOFI-AVENTIS / RABAVERT AND IMOVAX RABIES VACCINE SEVERE SHORTAGE / INFORMATION BULLETIN

MMQC MESSAGESmore...
  MMQC-08-1446
 NOVARTIS / RABAVERT RABIES VACCINE / INFORMATION
  MMQC-08-1396
 NOVARTIS AND SANOFI-AVENTIS / RABAVERT AND IMOVAX RABIES VACCINE SEVERE SHORTAGE / INFORMATION BULLETIN
  MMQC-08-1172
 NOVARTIS AND SANOFI PASTEUR / RABAVERT AND IMOVAX RABIES VACCINE / INFORMATION BULLETIN

LIBRARYmore...
Disease: Rabies
Author(s): CDC
Title: Manufacturer’s Recall of Human Rabies Vaccine — April 2, 2004
Publication: MMWR Dispatch Vol. 53 / April 2, 2004
Date: 2004
Subject: Vaccine-Safety
Link: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm53d402.pdf
File:
 
 


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