In unvaccinated humans, rabies is almost always fatal after neurological symptoms have developed,
Death almost
invariably results two to ten days after first symptoms. But prompt post-exposure vaccination may prevent the virus from progressing
In the U.S., since the widespread vaccination of domestic dogs and cats and the development of effective human vaccines and immunoglobulin treatments, the number of recorded deaths from rabies has dropped from one hundred or more annually in the early twentieth century, to 1–2 per year, mostly caused by bat bites, which may go unnoticed by the victim and hence untreated.
September 28 is World Rabies Day, which promotes information on, and prevention and elimination of the disease
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In the U.S., since the widespread vaccination of domestic dogs and cats and the development of effective human vaccines and immunoglobulin treatments, the number of recorded deaths from rabies has dropped from one hundred or more annually in the early twentieth century, to 1–2 per year, mostly caused by bat bites, which may go unnoticed by the victim and hence untreated.
September 28 is World Rabies Day, which promotes information on, and prevention and elimination of the disease
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