Rabies is an acute viral encephalomyelitis infection in man and warm blooded animal which is caused by Rabies virus (it is a bullet shape, RNA genome, neurotropic Lyssa virus serotype1 of the family Rhabdoviridae) and characterized by signs of abnormal behaviour, nervous disturbances such as increased excitability and irritability, impairment of consciousness, ascending paralysis and death.
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