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Hospitalized human rabies victim who was restrained while bedridden.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hospitalized human rabies victim in restraints.
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A horde of bats that could possibly contain carriers of the rabies virus.
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A raccoon, which can also be a vector of the rabies virus, transmitting the virus to humans and other animals.
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A fox, which may be a possible vector of the rabies virus, transmitting it to humans and other animals.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Two dogs afflicted with dumb rabies, manifested as depression, and an attempt at self-imposed isolation.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Approximately a third of reported animal rabies is attributed to the wild skunk population.
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Histopathologic features of rabies in the brain. Characteristic Negri bodies are present within a Purkinje cell of the cerebellum. This patient died of rabies.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rabid fox in a wooded area.
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
