Rabies Disease
This is the type of disease-causing agent that causes rabies
What is a virus?
The most common animal vectors for rabies in the US and Arizona
What are bats (US), and bats, skunks, and foxes (AZ)
These are three hall-mark symptoms of symptomatic rabies infection.
What are: Hypersalivation, hydrophobia, and hallucinations
The youngest age a dog or cat can be legally vaccinated against rabies.
What is 12 weeks?
The most immediate treatment step after a bite/scratch to prevent disease.
What is washing with hot water and soap (rabies is killed by most soaps!)
This is the body system that rabies effects.
What is the central nervous system?
How rabies is transmitted from animal to animal/person?
What is saliva?
These are the symptoms of rabies infection prior to the animal/person being contagious.
The frequency of revaccination against rabies.
What is 1-3 years (depending on manufacturer)?
The second step after a bite/exposure occurs.
What is: check pets rabies vaccination status?
This is the outcome of rabies infection in 99% of cases
T/F: Rabies can be spread via blood, urine, or other bodily fluids.
What is: false!
The length of time prior to death that an animal/person is contagious.
What is 10-13 days?
If an animal is long overdue for vaccination, this is how long is the booster vaccine good for.
What is 1 year?
The third step after a bite/exposure occurs. (2 parts)
What is:
1) If UTD vaccination, monitor wound and receive wound care if necessary
2) If overdue/no vaccination, call public health to report bite
What is immunoglobulin injections?
T/F: A bite that doesn't break skin/cause bleeding is not a concern for rabies exposure.
What is: true!
Per CDC, if bite didn't break skin, advise pre-exposure vaccine series
The length of time it takes from exposure/bite to symptomatic infection with rabies virus?
What is anywhere from 1 week - 1 year?
T/F: If we have no records of a rabies vaccination ever being given, we assume the animal has never been vaccinated.
What is: True!
The fourth step after a bite/exposure occurs.
The reason only a handful of people have ever survived symptomatic rabies infection.
What is: we have no idea!
Aside from a bite, what is one other route of rabies infection?
Cat scratch (lick their paws/claws)
The reason the rabies virus can incubate so long before causing symptoms.
What is: virus has to move along nerves to brain, and moves at approximately 1-10 cm per day (it speeds up closer to the brain)
The rabies pre-exposure vaccination protocol for people.
What is a 2-dose vaccine series given on days 0 and 7, and a follow-up titer in 3 years
The fifth step after a bite/exposure occurs.
What is:
1) If P is neurologic, euthanize immediately and send head for rabies testing.
2) If P is not sick/neurologic, strict 10 day quarantine to monitor for symptoms beginning. If noted, euth and send head.