Only show
results for:

Topics related to "rabies"

rabies
rabies or hydrophobia , acute viral infection of the central nervous system in dogs, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats, and other animals, and in humans. The virus is transmitted from an animal to a person, or from one animal to another, via infected saliva, most often by biting but also by the cont... Read more
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur , 1822-95, French chemist. He taught at Dijon, Strasbourg, and Lille, and in Paris at the École normale supérieure and the Sorbonne (1867-89). His early research consisted of chemical studies of the tartrates, in which he discovered (1848) molecular dissymmetry. He then b... Read more
alyssum
alyssum , any species of the genus Alyssum of the family Cruciferae ( mustard family), annual and perennial herbs native to the Mediterranean area. A few species, notably the perennial golden tuft ( A. saxatile ), are cultivated as rock-garden or border ornamentals for their masses of yellow or w... Read more
encephalitis
encephalitis , general term used to describe a diffuse inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, usually of viral origin, often transmitted by mosquitoes, in contrast to a bacterial infection of the meninges (membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord), known as meningitis . Diagnostic symptom... Read more
infection
infection invasion of plant or animal tissues by microorganisms, i.e., bacteria , viruses , viroids , fungi , rickettsias , and protozoans . The invasion of body tissues by parasitic worms and other higher organisms is commonly referred to as infestation. Invading organisms such as bac... Read more
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace 1823-1913, English naturalist. From his study of comparative biology in Brazil and in the East Indies, he evolved a concept of evolution similar to that of Charles Darwin . Like Darwin, he was greatly influenced by the writings of Malthus and Lyell and based his theories ... Read more
Ralph Neville Westmorland, 1st earl of
Ralph Neville Westmorland, 1st earl of 1364-1425, English nobleman. His family was one of the most powerful in England and shared domination of the northern counties with the Percy family, with whom the Nevilles were closely allied. Neville succeeded his father as Baron Neville of Raby in 1388 and ... Read more
Harun al-Rashid
Harun al-Rashid [Arab.,=Aaron the Upright], c.764-809, 5th and most famous Abbasid caliph (786-809). He succeeded his brother Musa al-Hadi, fourth caliph, a year after the death of his father, Mahdi, the third caliph. In his youth he had been very successful as a general in invasions of Asia Mino... Read more
quarantine
quarantine , isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease. The term originally referred to the 40 days of offshore wait during which incoming vessels could not discharge passengers or cargo in the era when plague and other great e... Read more
vampire bat
vampire bat name for the blood-drinking bats of the family Desmodontidae, found in the New World tropics. Vampire bats feed exclusively on the blood of living animals and are thus the only true parasites among mammals. There are three species ranging from Argentina to N Mexico. They are small (ab... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "rabies"

Rabies Vaccine
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence Rabies vaccine Definition Rabies vaccine is an injection that provides protection against the rabies virus that can be transmitted to humans via the saliva of an infected animal. Rabies is fatal in humans unless it is prevented with a vaccine...
Rabies
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Rabies Definition Rabies is a viral illness that can affect any mammal but is most common in...zoonosis, or disease of animals that can be communicated to humans. Rabies is usually transmitted in the saliva through a bite wound. The virus...
rabies
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition rabies or hydrophobia , acute viral infection of...successful vaccine in 1885. Since then, human rabies has become rare in the United States and...used in an effort to stem an increase of rabies cases in the United States and Canada that...
Animal Bites
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...In these cases, a doctor should examine the wound. Rabies Rabies is a viral disease that affects the nervous system. A rabid animal, whose saliva contains the rabies virus, can infect another animal or a person by biting...
Zoonoses
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions ...Hantavirus Lyme disease Plague Psittacosis Rabies Toxoplasmosis Trichinosis Zoonoses are...raccoons, skunks, foxes, and coyotes Rabies Yersinia pestis bacteria Fleas and rodents...Antibiotics are used to treat psittacosis. Rabies A virus that is carried in the saliva...
Vaccines
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...disease to be eradicated from the planet. Rabies. In 1885 Louis Pasteur (1822 –...dog. Pasteur's series of experimental rabies vaccinations on the boy proved the effectiveness of the new vaccine. Pasteur's rabies vaccine, the first human vaccine created...
Pasteur, Louis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health ...1880, Pasteur had begun experiments on rabies, seeking a vaccine to control this disease...vaccine he believed that an attenuated rabies vaccine could be made. The only way to...regimen consisted of multiple injections of rabies vaccine into the skin of the abdomen...
Quarantine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health ...greater than forty days. An exception is rabies, which may not declare itself for many...animals that may have been exposed to rabies are quarantined for many months when they arrive in countries where rabies does not exist. Animal and plant quarantine...
Encephalitis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...HIV herpes simplex herpes zoster (shingles) herpes B polio rabies mosquito-borne viruses (arboviruses) Primary encephalitis...ticks, can cause encephalitis, as can Colorado tick fever. Rabies is most often spread by animal bites from dogs, cats, mice...
Louis Pasteur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...against anthrax , which was successfully administered against rabies in 1885. In 1888 the Pasteur Institute was founded in Paris, with Pasteur as its director, to continue work on rabies and to provide a teaching and research center on virulent and...

Dictionary entries related to "rabies"

rabies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing rabies ( hydrophobia ) ( ray -beez) n. an acute virus disease of the central nervous...convulsions and paralysis; death occurs within 4–5 days. Injections of rabies vaccine and antiserum may prevent the disease from developing in a person...
Negri, Adelchi
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Medical Society on 27 March 1903, of the rabies corpuscles, now known as “...undertaken to clarify the etiology of rabies and performed on Golgi ’ s advice...Negri found that in animals suffering from rabies, certain cells of the nervous system...
Roux, Pierre Paul Émile
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...anthrax, research on the prevention of rabies was begun. The difficulties were...since the pathogenic agent, or rabies virus, remained unknown. Roux succeeded in producing experimental cases of rabies (especially in rabbits), which...
Gamaleya, Nikolay Fyodorovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...apartment. Pasteur ’ s successful inoculation against rabies in 1885 definitively determined Gamaleya ’ s scientific...limited and that vaccination is ineffective against manifest rabies as well as during the latent period of infection (about fourteen...
rabid
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology rabid furious, raging XVII; affected with rabies XIX. — L. rabidus , f. rabere rave, be mad; see -ID1. So rabies canine madness. XVII. — L. rabiēs .
rage
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...intensity: she couldn't hide the fear that raged within her. ORIGIN: Middle English (also in the sense ‘madness’): from Old French rage (noun), rager (verb), from a variant of Latin rabies (see rabies ).
hydrophobia
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xB7;a / ˌhīdrəˈfōbēə / • n. extreme or irrational fear of water, esp. as a symptom of rabies in humans. ∎  rabies, esp. in humans.
Noguchi, (Seisaku) Hideyo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...accomplishment of this prolific period. He also reported on cultivable bodies as probable causal agents of poliomyelitis, rabies, and trachoma. Late in 1913 his lecture-demonstrations were received triumphantly in European medical centers. His promotion...
Duclaux, Émile
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...accomplishments. These included the development of vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, swine fever, and, in 1885, against rabies. In 1888 the Institut Pasteur was founded in Paris on rue Dutot. Duclaux, who meanwhile had become titular professor at the...
ptyalism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing ptyalism ( sialorrhoea ) ( ty -ă-lizm) n. the excessive production of saliva: a symptom of certain nervous disorders, poisoning, or infection (rabies). Compare dry mouth .

Thesaurus entries related to "rabies"

rabid
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English rabid • adjective   1. rabid dogs synonyms : rabies-infected, mad, foaming at the mouth, hydrophobic.   2. rabid socialists/conservatives synonyms : fanatical, extreme...
find
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...happen on, stumble on, encounter; informal bump into; literary espy.   2. they say they've found a cure for rabies synonyms : discover, invent, come up with, hit on.   3. the police found her purse synonyms : retrieve, recover...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

RABIES: PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE POST EXPOSURE TREATMENT VACCINATION, CAUTION AROUND WILDLIFE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/20/2006; 700+ words ; ...highlight the need to remain vigilant against rabies. A rabid dog was identified in Onslow...requiring seven exposed persons to receive rabies post exposure treatment; a ferret tested positive for rabies in Buncombe County, the first ferret ever...
Rabies cases a continuing threat to global public health: ancient disease still a modern problem.
Magazine article from: The Nation's Health; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...one of the world's oldest diseases, rabies continues to surprise the vigilant public...person every 10 minutes, die due to rabies, even though such deaths are preventable. Like many diseases, rabies' mortality burden falls disproportionately...
Rabies risk among travellers
Magazine article from: Canadian Medical Association. Journal; 2/26/2008; ; 700+ words ; How do you get rabies? Rabies is a preventable, deadly disease transmitted through contact with...mouth, or scratches that break the skin. Although extremely rare, rabies may occur after exposure to aerosolized rabies virus in a cave filled...
Rabies: Risks, recognition, and prophylaxis
Magazine article from: Formulary; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; INTRODUCTION Rabies and its relationship to the bite of a "mad dog...in Mesopotamia more than 4000 years ago, in which rabies was identified as a cause of "wrongful death."3 Rabies encephalomyelitis (inflammatory disorder of the...
Rabies: a growing threat. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 10/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Rolando Barian of Edinburg, Texas, died of rabies. He was bitten by a dog. The rabies virus was most likely transferred from a coyote...dog, because coyotes are the main carriers of rabies in Texas. Rabies is not just a problem in Texas...
RABIES: FACTS FOR PREVENTION YOU SHOULD KNOW FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 1/24/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Amador County, Calif., a 49-year-old man died of rabies. Although there was no history of a bite wound from...probable source animal for this particular case of rabies. The word rabies conjures up images of a dog foaming at the mouth and...
Rabies vaccine shortfall spurs tighter restrictions.(Infectious Diseases)
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 9/15/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...care providers who prescribe postexposure rabies prophylaxis must confer with public health...doses of the vaccine because the only rabies vaccine available is in limited supply...Prevention has announced. An update on rabies vaccine availability posted on the CDC...
Rabies Remains a Costly Public Health Threat, Says Jefferson University Virologist; While Raccoon Inoculation Program Continues in Pennsylvania and Elsewhere, Increasing Cases of Bat Rabies Raise Concerns.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 10/17/2003; 700+ words ; ...AScribe Newswire) -- No one in this country gets rabies anymore. It's a Third World problem. Everyone...vaccine for people. Most of us hardly think about rabies at all. Maybe we should start. Rabies, an ancient viral disease that conjures up...
Rabies in ferret badgers, southeastern China.(DISPATCHES)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Rabies is an acute encephalomyelitis caused by rabies or rabies-related viruses. Although dogs are the main reservoir worldwide, all mammals are believed to be susceptible. When rabies is widely distributed, affected wildlife may constitute...
Rabies prevention - United states, 1991; recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP).
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 3/22/1991; 700+ words ; ...INTRODUCTION Following the marked decrease of rabies cases among domestic animals in the United...1940s and 1950s, indigenously acquired rabies among humans decreased to fewer than two...1950, for example, 4,979 cases of rabies were reported among dogs and 18 were reported...