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• n  an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

• Bali, whose mythic resorts have been struggling to fill beachside villas during the global financial meltdown, has been hit by another unexpected crisis this month: rabies.
• Britain relaxes its antiquated rabies quarantine law, making it easier for some pets to enter the country.
• Nearly a century has passed since Louis Pasteur developed the first effective vaccine against rabies, but the dangerous viral disease still takes hundreds of lives round the world .

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News & Articles

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• Rabies on the ground
  Reports in Pulaski County are first in 30 years. by Leslie Newell Peacock For the first time more than 30 years, terrestrial rabies has been reported in Pulaski County, all five cases occurring in Maumelle and north of Maumelle and all skunks. Cases of rabies in 2012 and so far in 2013 show a marked increase over state averages, though state Public Health Veterinarian Susan Weinstein says she ...
  June 12, 2013 - Arkansas Times
• Worcester County Rabies Clinic
  WORCESTER CO., Md. - In the US, rabies still represents a serious threat to the health of people and animals.According to the CDC, an estimated 40-thousand people have to get a rabies treatment each year,
  June 12, 2013 - WMDT Salisbury
• Rabies could be summer concern
  MCLEAN COUNTY -- Rabies could be a problem this summer.
  June 11, 2013 - WCIA 3 Champaign-Urbana