Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute inflammation o the brain in humans an ither wairm-bluidit ainimals.^[1] Early seemptoms can include fever an tinglin at the steid o exposur.^[1] These seemptoms are follaed bi ane or mair o the follaein symptoms: violent movements, uncontrolled excitement, fear o watter, an inability tae move pairts o the body, confusion, an loss o consciousness.^[1] Ance seemptoms appear it nearly always results in daith.^[1] The time period atween contractin the disease an the stairt o srrmptoms is uisually ane tae three month; however, this time period can vary frae less nor ane week tae mair nor ane year.^[1] The time is dependent on the distance the virus must travel tae reach the central nervous seestem.^[4]

Rabies
A dug wi rabies in the paralytic (post-furious) stage
Specialty	Infectious disease
Symptoms	Fiver, fear o watter, confusion, coma[1]
Causes	Rabies virus an Australie bat lyssavirus[2]
Prevention	Rabies vaccine, ainimal control, rabies immunoglobulin[1]
Prognosis	Nearly ayeweys daith[1]
Daiths	17,400 (2015)[3]