Lecture 24 Flashcards
True or false: rabies is a severe, fatal, viral polioencephalitis of warm blooded animals and humans
True
Rabies is a ______ in the family ______
Lyssavirus; Rhabdoviridae
The reservoir for the east coast
Raccoons; this strain is very contagious
The reservoir for the west coast
Skunks
The reservoir for Puerto Rico
Mongoose
The reservoir for south and central America
Bats
Transmission of rabies
Saliva into MM, or saliva into an open wound/bite
Incubation period for rabies
3-8 weeks
Rabies travels to the _____ ____, then travels to the _____ ____, then to the ____ and replicates/multiplies in the neuros and travels along nerves to the _____ ____
Peripheral nerves; spinal cord; brain; salivary glands
Does a bite from an animal during the incubation period carry a risk of rabies?
No, because the virus has not yet made it to the salivary glands
The first stage of rabies
Prodromal- change in personality; lasts the first 2 days after CS
The second stage of rabies
Furious or excitative- irritable and vicious; lasts the next 2-3 days after CS
The third stage of rabies
Paralytic- paralysis of pharynx, can’t swallow, drooling and salivation, paralysis of the hind legs, respiratory paralysis and death; lasts the next 2-3 days after CS
A definitive Dx of rabies
Negri bodies- in neurons of the brain
If a dog or cat has a suspicious bite wound and has been previously vaccinated, what should be done?
Give them a booster immediately after
