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Lyssavirus (from the Greek λύσσα lyssa "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin vīrus) [1] [2] is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. [3] [4] The genus Lyssavirus includes the causative agent (rabies virus) of rabies. [5]
3D still showing rabies virus structure. Rhabdoviruses have helical symmetry, so their infectious particles are approximately cylindrical in shape. They are characterized by an extremely broad host spectrum ranging from plants [citation needed] to insects [citation needed] and mammals; human-infecting viruses more commonly have icosahedral symmetry and take shapes approximating regular polyhedra.
In countries where dogs commonly have the disease, more than 99% of rabies cases in humans are the direct result of dog bites. [11] In the Americas, bat bites are the most common source of rabies infections in humans, and less than 5% of cases are from dogs. [1] [11] Rodents are very rarely infected with rabies. [11]
Examples include, rabies, yellow fever and pappataci fever. [7] The viruses that infect other vertebrates are related to those of humans and most families of viruses that cause human diseases are represented. [8] They are important pathogens of livestock and cause diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue. [9]
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Vertebrates (including mammals and humans), invertebrates, plants, fungi and protozoans serve as natural hosts. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Diseases associated with member viruses include rabies encephalitis caused by the rabies virus , and flu-like symptoms in humans caused by vesiculoviruses .
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In 2022, there was no human death due to rabies. [50] In November 2024, a California art teacher died from rabies, about a month after being bitten by a bat she found in her classroom. [51] In 2024, there was also a rabies human death in Minnesota (contracted from a bat), [52] and a rabies human death in Kentucky (believed to have been acquired ...