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... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Mononegavirales Infections > Rhabdoviridae Infections > Rabies

Preferred term

Rabies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hydrophobia
  • Lyssa
  • Lyssas

Note

  • human & animal; coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent

Scope note

  • Acute VIRAL CNS INFECTION affecting mammals, including humans. It is caused by RABIES VIRUS and usually spread by contamination with virus-laden saliva of bites inflicted by rabid animals. Important animal vectors include the dog, cat, bat, fox, raccoon, skunk, and wolf.

In other languages

  • rabies

    Finnish

  • hydrofobia
  • lyssa
  • määrittämätön rabies
  • ospecificerad rabies
  • rabies (vattuskräck)
  • rabies non specificata
  • raivotauti
  • vesikauhu
  • Rabies

    Swedish

  • Hundgalenskap
  • Vattuskräck

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011818

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