Rabies

Rabies be a viral disease wey dey cause encephalitis insyd humans den oda mammals. Na ebe historically referred to as hydrophobia ("fear of water") secof ein victims panic wen na dem offer liquids make dem drink. Early symptoms fi include fever den abnormal sensations for de site of exposure. Dese symptoms be followed by one anaa more of de following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, violent movements, uncontrolled excitement, fear of water, an inability make dem move parts of de body, confusion, den loss of consciousness. Once symptoms appear, de result be virtually always death. De time period between contracting de disease den de start of symptoms be usually one to three months buh fi vary from less dan one week to more dan one year. De time dey depend on de distance de virus fi travel along peripheral nerves make e reach de central nervous system.Rabies be caused by lyssaviruses, wey dey include de rabies virus den Australian bat lyssavirus. E dey spread wen an infected animal bites anaa scratches a human anaa oda animals. Saliva from an infected animal sanso fi transmit rabies if de saliva cam into contact plus de eyes, mouth, anaa nose. Globally, dogs be de most common animal involved. Insyd countries wer dogs commonly get de disease, more dan 99% of rabies cases insyd humans be de direct result of dog bites. Insyd de Americas, bat bites be de most common source of rabies infections insyd humans, den less dan 5% of cases be from dogs. Rodents be very rarely infected plus rabies. De disease fi be diagnosed per after de start of symptoms.

 Etymology 
De name rabies be derived from de Latin rabies, wey dey mean "madness". De Greeks derive de word lyssa, from lud anaa "violent"; dem dey use dis root insyd de genus name of de rabies virus, Lyssavirus.

 Cause 
Rabies be caused by a number of lyssaviruses wey dey include de rabies virus den Australian bat lyssavirus. Duvenhage lyssavirus fi cause a rabies-like infection.

References

Read further
Pankhurst, Richard. "The history and traditional treatment of rabies in Ethiopia." Medical History 14, no. 4 (1970): 378–389.
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