Rhabdoviruses Flashcards
Rhabdoviruses are enveloped viruses
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Rhabdoviruses are resistant viruses they can remain infective in the environment for several
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Rhabdoviruses are generally good antigens
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Rhabdoviruses can survive in the environment for several months
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The resistance of Rhabdoviruses is good
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Vesicular stomatitis virus has a narrow host range
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Vesicular stomatitis is a frequent disease in Africa
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Vesicular stomatitis is a widespread disease all over the world
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Vesicular stomatitis virus can cause clinical signs in horses
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Vesicular stomatitis is a zoonotic disease
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Increased salivation is a clinical sign of vesicular stomatitis
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The mortality of vesicular stomatitis is low
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The mortality of vesicular stomatitis is very high
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Vesicular stomatitis causes large number of vesicles in humans
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Vesicular stomatitis virus is transmitted by blood sucking arthropods and direct contact
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The clinical signs of foot and mouth disease and vesicular stomatitis cannot be differentiated
in horses
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Vesicular stomatitis can be transmitted only by arthropods
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Vesicular Stomatitis virus can be transmitted by arthropods
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Vesicular stomatitis can occur in ruminants, horses, pigs, and humans
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Vesicular stomatitis virus does not cause viraemia only local lesions
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Vesicular stomatitis virus is found all over the world.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus: horse is sensitive.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus spreads with insects.
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After recovery of VSV there will be a permanent immunity.
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Vesicular stomatitis can be generalized.
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Vesicular stomatitis can cause vesicles on the foot.
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Only ruminants can have vesicular stomatitis.
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Vesicular stomatitis: animals can recover.
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Vesicular stomatitis occurs in America.
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The host range of vesicular stomatitis and foot and mouth disease is the same.
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FMD even toed ungulates and ho
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Sand flies and midges can transmit vesicular stomatitis virus.
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In the case of vesicular stomatitis vesicles are formed only at the place of entry of the virus.
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Salivation is a clinical sign of vesicular stomatitis.
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Vesicular stomatitis cannot be prevented with vaccines.
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The vesicular stomatitis virus is uniform, there are no serotypes, variants etc.
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The resistance of the vesicular stomatitis virus is low.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus can be transmitted by direct contact or arthropods.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus can cause lesions on the teats.
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The host range of the vesicular stomatitis virus is wide.
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Vesicular stomatitis is endemic in America.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus infects only swine.
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Cattle are not susceptible to vesicular stomatitis virus.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus can infect humans.
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Lesions of vesicular stomatitis heal within a few weeks.
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There are no vaccines for the prevention of vesicular stomatitis.
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Insects are involved in the transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus can spread by direct contact.
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Vesicular stomatitis virus can cause severe disease in humans.
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Ephemeral fever virus is transmitted by arthropods.
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Direct contact is the main way of transmission of ephemeral fever virus
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Ephemeral fever is a frequent disease all over the world
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Ephemeral fever is a zoonotic disease
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Ephemeral fever virus is shed in large amount in the saliva.
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Ephemeral fever occurs only in America.
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The morbidity is high, the mortality is low in the case of ephemeral fever.
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Drop of milk production is a common sign of ephemeral fever
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Ephemeral fever occurs in the tropical countries.
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Inhalation of the tracheal discharge is the main way of infection with ephemeral fever virus.
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The clinical signs of ephemeral fever are more severe in horses than cattle.
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Animals with ephemeral fever have fever for about 2-3 days
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In the case of silent rabies rabid dogs cannot bark.
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There is a high level of cross protection between phylogroups of rabies viruses
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Humans can be infected with European bat lyssaviruses in case of direct contact.
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Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies can be seen in the case of rabies
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Only carnivorous animals are susceptible to rabies virus.
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Rabies virus is uniform without serotypes, genotypes etc.
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Aggressiveness is a frequent sign of rabies.
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Puppies have to be vaccinated against rabies at the age of 6 weeks.
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Humans can be infected with European bat lyssaviruses in case of direct contact.
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Rabies virus can infect humans; however, humans are not very susceptible
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Moderately susceptable
Bat lyssaviruses cannot infect humans
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Bats infected with European bat lyssaviruses frequently attack animals
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Rabies is a notifiable disease
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Increased sex drive is a frequent sign of rabies.
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Sylvatic rabies is maintained by wild living animals.
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Foxes maintain sylvatic rabies in Europe
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Racoon is one of the species that maintains sylvatic rabies in America
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In order to prevent sylvatic rabies, foxes are vaccinated per os with live vaccine in bait
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Changed behaviour and paralysis are clinical signs of rabies
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The incubation time of rabies is generally 24-72 hours; however, exceptions can occur
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The incubation time of rabies is generally 2-8 weeks; however, exceptions can occur
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Rabies virus can only be transmitted with bite
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The host range of rabies is very narrow, mainly dogs and foxes are susceptible
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Only carnivorous animals are susceptible to rabies virus
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Dogs have to be observed for 14 days if they have bitten humans.
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Herbivorous animals bitten by foxes can be emergency slaughtered
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Rabies virus can be detected with immunofluorescence test
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Rabies virus appears in the saliva 2-3 days after the onset of the clinical signs
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Lethality of rabies in humans is high
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The resistance of rabies virus is low; it cannot survive in the environment for a long time
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Rabies can be diagnosed by detection of antibodies in paired sera
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Antibodies against rabies detected with ELISA confirm the diagnosis of rabies
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Rabies virus is spreading alone the nerves in the host
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Urban rabies has been eradicated from the Earth.
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Urban rabies is maintained by dogs and cats.
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Rabies occurs only in tropical countries
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Herbivores animals are generally dead end hosts of rabies
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Rabies virus replicates in the lymphocytes
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Postmortem examination of rabid animals is forbidden
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Haemorrhages of the serous membranes are typical postmortem lesions of rabies
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Rabies can be diagnosed only by using PCR.
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Post exposition vaccine against rabies can be given to ruminants bitten by foxes
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Rabies virus does not penetrate the blood vessels.
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Rabies: one of the important symptoms is the change of behaviour.
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Rabies: one important symptom is paralysis
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In rabies we find purulent encephalitis in negri-bodies.
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With immunofluorescence test we can diagnose rabies.
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We can diagnose rabies by antibody detection test.
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When an animal which is infected with rabies virus attacks another dog, it should be
vaccinated immediately
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Rabies is a uniform virus.
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Rabies is a resistant virus.
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Warm blooded animals can be infected with rabies.
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Rabies can be transmitted only by saliva.
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Fox rabies: we can use live vaccines.
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Since 2002 rabies is eradicated from Hungary
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Humans can be infected by Rabies bite.
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Humans can be infected by Rabies during organ transplants.
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Rabies virus is spreading in the infected animals peri-neural.
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IN the nerve cells
Rabies virus is shed in the saliva, before appearance of the clinical signs.
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The incubation of rabies is generally less than one week.
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The rabies virus is a uniform virus without serotypes, genotypes, subtypes etc.
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Only carnivorous animals are susceptible to rabies virus .
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High amount of rabies virus is shed in the saliva.
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The causative agent of rabies is a uniform virus, without different types or groups.
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The resistance of the rabies virus is good, it retains infectivity for several months in the
environment .
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All warm-blooded animals are susceptible to rabies virus.
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Rabies virus is shed in high titre in the saliva.
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Paralysis is a clinical sign of rabies.
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Foxes are vaccinated with attenuated bait vaccine.
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Cattle bitten by rabid animals may be vaccinated post exposition or slaughtered.
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Humans can be infected with rabies, only by being bitten by rabid animals.
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Rabies virus is spreading along the nerves to the central nervous system.
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Rabies virus is shed in the saliva only after the appearance of the clinical signs.
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Changed behaviour is a typical sign of rabies.
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Focal necrosis in the liver is a typical lesion of rabies.
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Immunofluorescence test is widely used diagnostic method in the case of rabies.
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Virus neutralization test is used to the laboratory diagnosis of rabies cases.
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Dogs have to be vaccinated for the prevention of rabies at the age of 3 months for the first
time.
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Increased salivation is a clinical sign of rabies.
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Always the furious form of rabies can be seen in dogs.
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Colic can be a sign of rabies in horses.
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Changed behaviour is a clinical sign of rabies of wild living animals.
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Only the classical rabies virus can cause clinical signs, the other genotypes not.
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The sylvatic form of rabies is maintained by different wild living animals.
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Rabies virus causes viraemia soon after infection.
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Saliva can contain rabies virus, before the appearance of clinical signs.
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Humans are not susceptible to European bat lyssaviruses.
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There is no haematogenic spreading of the rabies virus.
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Increased sexual activity is seen in rabid cattle.
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Dogs have to be vaccinated against rabies in the first week of life.
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Cattle bitten by a rabid animal can be vaccinated after exposition.
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The rabid bats fly during the day.
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Immunofluorescence (IF) is reliable in the diagnosis of rabies.
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Only the classical rabies virus is present in Europe.
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Urban form of rabies is maintained by the fox in Europe.
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Rabies virus is highly resistant.
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Rabies virus cannot be cultured.
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Presence of antibodies to rabies virus confirms the diagnosis of rabies.
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Detection of Negri bodies is more sensitive than immunofluorescence test, in the case of
rabies.
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because 100% where as IF 95%
Virus isolation is the most widely used way of diagnosis of rabies.
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Inhalation of the virus is the main way of infection with rabies virus.
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Rabies virus is replicating in the lymphoid cells and causes viraemia before the appearance
of the clinical signs.
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The incubation time of rabies is variable, generally between 2 and 8 weeks.
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Immunofluorescence test can be used to the detection of rabies virus in the brain.
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Rabid animals have to be vaccinated immediately.
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In cats furious form of rabies is typical.
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In dogs both furious and silent form of rabies can occur.
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Rabies has been eradicated in Europe.
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Rabies spread through venereal.
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The high-titre of virus neutralizing antibodies confirms the diagnosis of rabies.
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Live vaccines are used for the vaccination of foxes against rabies
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Rabies symptoms appear only after CNS signs
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Rabies virus can only be found in the nervous system
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