what type of pathogen causes rabies
Rabies is caused by a number of lyssaviruses including: rabies virus and Australian bat lyssavirus. The rabies virus is the type species of the Lyssavirus genus, in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Lyssaviruses have helical symmetry, with a length of about 180 nm and a cross-section of about 75 nm.