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RABIES - or 'hydrophobia', is known as a disease that makes dogs sick and madm But it can affect all warm-blooded creatures, including man.
Rabies is caused by a virus that, among other things, attacks the nervous system and is excreted later in the saliva. When an animal gets sick, it may start to bite.
People are most often infected by the bite of a dog, bat or monkey. In Europe the virus is mainly carried by the fox.
Rabies is rightly feared. By the time the symptoms appear, the disease can no longer be cured and almost always ends in death. Fortunately, rabies can be prevented
with a vaccine and, if you've been bitten, there's every chance that you can be treated before the symptoms develop.