Rabies

History of Rabies  Rabies has been known since 2000 B.C.  In the 18 th century, many countries tried to kill stray dogs so human won’t get bitten by rabid dog  In the 19 th century, the idea of vaccinating dogs to prevent rabies infection to humans was brought up  Nowadays, people can get vaccine for rabies  But there are still no cures towards rabies

Symptoms of rabies  My causes slight or partial paralysis, anxiety, insomnia, confusion, agitation, abnormal behavior, paranoia, terror, etc.  People who have been infected by rabies will die in 2~10 days after the infection, and there is no way to be cured You may skip the next page, be prepared!!

How do people contact rabies??  People usually get get rabies from the bite of a rabid animal. It is also possible, but quite rare, that people may get rabies if infectious material from a rabid animal, such as saliva, gets directly into their eyes, nose, mouth, or a wound.

Prognosis of patient  Once the symptoms of rabies start, the disease is nearly universally fatal, which means that every single person will eventually die with rabies

Can rabies be treated or cured?  The answer is no.  Even with todays technology, there is still no cure for rabies  Because it is a disease that is infected from animal to human, so the cure is much harder to find!

Is there anyways to prevent infecting rabies?  The good news is, Yes, there is.  The prevention of rabies is to bring the pet or animal to the doctor to have a vaccine shot  Which human can have the shot as well!

What is the future of rabies  There will be some replacement for the vaccine shot since the shot is actually bad for our body.  The replacement are: DAN vaccine, plant based vaccine, and recombinant viral vector vaccines

Are we likely to ever cure it?  I believe the answer is yes  Because of the great future of human, there should not be anything that is not possible to cure  But at least rabies won’t be cured in the next hundred years for sure

Is rabies useful in some other way?  Rabies is useful of killing people  Which means that it deals nothing good for us

Interesting stuff about rabies  Jeanna Giese of fond du lac, became the first known unimmunized survivor

Interesting stuff about rabies  Precious Reynolds of Willow Creek, Calif., is a typical 8-year-old who's spunky and loves sports. But this ordinary little girl has an extraordinary claim to fame: she's only the third person in the U.S. to survive rabies without getting the rabies vaccine shots normally given to anyone who becomes infected.

 girl-us-survive-rabies/story?id= girl-us-survive-rabies/story?id= girl-us-survive-rabies/story?id=  htm htm htm  cture&qpvt=picture&qpvt=picture&FORM=I GRE cture&qpvt=picture&qpvt=picture&FORM=I GRE cture&qpvt=picture&qpvt=picture&FORM=I GRE 

 The end  Quiz starts on the next page

Quiz  1. what is the topic of this presentation?  2.can rabies be cured?(yes/no)  3. is there any prevention towards rabies?  4.is there any replacement for the vaccine shot?  5. how long will it take if a person is infected rabies?  6. has anyone ever survived after infecting rabies?