Rabies

High school (ages 12+)
Safety & Emergency

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/rabies

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Lyssavirus genus
2. What is the fatality rate?Nearly 100% once clinical symptoms manifest
3. What is rabies and how does it affect animals and people?Rabies is a virus that can make animals act strangely and can be very dangerous for people. Once the disease shows symptoms, it is almost always fatal.
4. How does the rabies virus travel inside the body after a bite?After a bite, the virus starts in the wound, moves along nerves to the brain, and then spreads to the salivary glands to be passed on to others.

Zoonotic Disease: An infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.
Retrograde Axonal Transport: The movement of substances or signals backward along a nerve fiber towards the cell body.
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP): A medical intervention administered after exposure to a pathogen to prevent infection.
Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV): A method of vaccinating wildlife against rabies using vaccine-laden baits.