Rabies - Vaccination

Rabies is a viral zoonotic encephalitis caused by a lyssavirus infection. Rabies viruses belong to the Mononegavirales order of the Rhabdoviridae family and genus Lyssavirus. After exposure, the virus replicates in muscle tissue and spreads via the peripheral nervous system to the spinal cord and the brain. In the brain, the virus replicates and disseminates rapidly, via the nervous system, to many different tissues, including the salivary glands.