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A viral brain infection spread by animal bites that is nearly always fatal once symptoms begin.
means A viral infection of the nervous system, spread mainly through animal bites, that is almost always fatal once symptoms appear.
from From Latin rabies, 'madness' or 'rage,' tied to the verb rabere, 'to rave or be mad.' The same root, possibly related to Sanskrit words for violence, gave English 'rabid.' The disease's old nickname, hydrophobia ('fear of water'), comes from its cruel hallmark symptom: victims become unable to swallow and panic at the sight of liquid, even as thirst consumes them.
- survival rate
- basically zero once symptoms start
- fear trigger
- hydrophobia from throat spasms at the sight of water
- true cure window
- vaccine works only before symptoms appear
- main carrier
- dogs cause 99 percent of human cases worldwide