The rabies virus is hugely dangerous not only because of its deadliness, but because doctors are so ill-equipped to fight it. ... A model for virus assembly. From Lingappa et al 2013 PNAS.

Analyzing 30 years of data detailing a large rabies virus outbreak among North American raccoons, researchers have revealed how initial demographic, ecological and genetic processes simultaneously ...

In bats, the rabies virus isn’t always lethal; some of them develop antibodies that neutralise the virus and render them immune. Come the winter, these survivors take off for hibernation roosts.

High throughput differentiation and screening of a library of mutant stem cell clones defines new host-based genes involved in rabies virus infection. STEM CELLS , 2015; DOI: 10.1002/stem.1983 ...

U.S. officials have taken steps to prepare for the vampire bat's arrival. The USDA’s National Rabies Management Program released a report in September that said the program implemented ...

Even in countries that are officially rabies-free, including in their domestic animal populations – such as Australia, Sweden and New Zealand – the virus may still be found in native bat ...

Davis told Fox News, "Rabies is a virus that is spread by the saliva of infected animals. Usually this will occur from a bite or saliva of the infected animal coming in contact with an open wound".

Rabies is a virus that causes swelling in the brain and spinal cord. It can cause lethargy, staggering and paralysis in the animals it infects.

The Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV) stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies against the rabies virus. It contains an ...

A man in northeastern Illinois died from rabies about a month after apparently being infected by a bat he found in his room, marking the first human case of the virus in the state since 1954 ...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or rabies vaccination administered ahead, to protect a person from getting rabies from possible animal bites, is a strategy normally recommended for those whose ...

Though people may mostly associate rabies with dogs, it’s a virus that can affect any mammal — including cats. In fact, rabies affects more cats than dogs in the United States.