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  1. Rabies - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. The rabies virus is usually transmitted through a bite.

  2. Rabies - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Diagnosis. At the time a potentially rabid animal bites you, there's no way to know whether the animal has transmitted the rabies virus ...

  3. Rabies vaccine (intramuscular route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    This is called post-exposure prophylaxis. Rabies vaccine may also be given ahead of time to persons who have a high risk of getting infected with rabies virus.

  4. Rabies immune globulin (intramuscular route) - Side effects & uses - Mayo Clinic

    Rabies immune globulin is used together with rabies vaccine to prevent infection caused by the rabies virus. It works by giving your body the antibodies it ...

  5. Understanding rabies - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals, usually through a bite. In the U.S., rabies is mostly found in wild animals, such ...

  6. History of rabies: Outbreaks and vaccine timeline

    Before the rabies vaccine, nearly all people infected with rabies died. History of infectious disease outbreaks and vaccines timeline. Learn about the history ...

  7. Mayo Clinic Minute: What to know about bats and rabies

    They are a major predator of night-flying insects, including pests that cost farmers billions of dollars annually. However, bats pose the biggest rabies threat ...

  8. Animal bites: First aid - Mayo Clinic

    Or you may need a tetanus shot or rabies shots. Wild animals that may carry rabies are coyotes, foxes, raccoons, skunks, bats and others. Outdoor pets may carry ...

  9. Mayo Clinic Minute What you should know about bats and rabies Video Audio The most dangerous threat of rabies in the U.S. is

    Video. Audio. The most dangerous threat of rabies in the U.S. is flying overhead. Dr. Poland. "It used to be thought, well, it's a rabid dog. But the more ...

  10. Mayo Clinic Minute: What you should know about bats and rabies VIDEO AUDIO The most dangerous threat of rabies in the U.S. is fl

    "It used to be thought, 'Well, it's a rabid dog.' But the more common way of getting rabies is from the silver-haired bat." Mayo Clinic's Dr. Gregory Poland ...