Prevalence of rabies

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The prevalence of rabies, a deadly viral disease affecting mammals, varies significantly across regions worldwide, posing a persistent public health problem. Rabies is caused by lyssaviruses, including the rabies virus, the Australian bat lyssavirus, the European bat 1 lyssavirus and the European bat 2 lyssavirus. At a global level dog bites and scratches cause 99% of the human rabies cases, but in some countries, including the United States, most cases of human rabies are acquired from bats. Almost all cases of human rabies are transmitted by animal bites or scratches, or other contact of animal saliva with the eyes, mouth, or open wounds. Although human-to-human transmission is theoretically possible, given that the rabies virus is present in the saliva, sperm and vaginal secretions of infected people and therefore could be transmitted through bites or sexual intercourse, no such case of transmission has ever been documented. There have been, however, rare cases of transmission of rabies...

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