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After being declared rabies-free in 1997, Italy say a new epidemic of rabies in 2008-2011, occurring in foxes in north-eastern Italy. [109] The country was again declared rabies-free in 2013. [110] However, an isolated rabies case occurred in 2020, when a rabid cat was discovered in the Arezzo province. [110]
Rabies causes about 59,000 deaths worldwide per year, [6] about 40% of which are in children under the age of 15. [16] More than 95% of human deaths from rabies occur in Africa and Asia. [1] Rabies is present in more than 150 countries and on all continents but Antarctica. [1] More than 3 billion people live in regions of the world where rabies ...
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.
Rabies has a long history of association with dogs. The first written record of rabies is in the Codex of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC), which dictates that the owner of a dog showing symptoms of rabies should take preventive measure against bites. If a person was bitten by a rabid dog and later died, the owner was fined heavily.
The Partners for Rabies Prevention created the Blueprint for Rabies Control, [10] a freely available practical guide used by countries in their national planning. In 2015, the Global Alliance for Rabies Control established the Pan-African Rabies Control Network, [11] which includes governments from 37 countries. The network unites all sub ...
The first World Rabies Day campaign took place on 8 September 2007 as a partnership between the Alliance for Rabies Control and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA, with the co-sponsorship of the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Pan American Health Organization [Briggs D, Hanlon CA.
A female of Ailanthus altissima bearing a heavy load of seeds in Valladolid, Spain Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven); Amorpha fruticosa (Desert false indigo)