rabies

Question 1

IP

Answer 1

typically 1-3 months but is very variable from 1 week to years

Question 2

animals

Answer 2

dogs foxes bats vast majority comes from dogs

Question 3

history of rabies

Answer 3

in the past as there was no cure people used to kill themselves after being bitten from a rabid dog

Louis Pasteur was the first person to diagnose that rabies targeted the CNS.
created the rabies vaccine and saved 9 year old Joseph Meister after he had been bit by a rabid dog.

Question 4

mb

Answer 4

rna virus rhabdovirus bullet shaped

Question 5

epidemiology

Answer 5

Rabies is present on all continents (except Antartica), but more than 95% of human deaths occur in Asia and Africa.

Question 6

moa

Answer 6

bite or scratch

Question 7

what does lecture say about vaccination

Answer 7

that you give 5 doses + 1 (tetanus toxoid vaccine)

Question 8

stages

Answer 8

1. prodrome
2. acute encephalitis - hypersensitivity, meningeal signs, madness
3. brainstem encephalitis - cranial nerve dysfunction characteristic foaming of mouth
4. death due to Respiratory centre - dysfunction

Question 9

get bitten protocol

Answer 9

1. wash the wound to mechanically remove with soap and water
2. animals should be captured or killed (wait for Ip)
3. individual receives immunoglobulin ( passive) GIVEN AS CLOSE TO THE BITE AS POSSIBLE followed by injection 5 injections

oNLY GIVE IMMUNOGLOBULIN TO THOSE NOT VACCINATED