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*In the United States over the past 40 years, most of the reports of rabies have been in wild rather than domestic animals. <ref>[http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/95/1/9 The Royal Society of Medicine Press; Rabies in North America and Europe]</ref>
*In the United States over the past 40 years, most of the reports of rabies have been in wild rather than domestic animals. <ref>[http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/95/1/9 The Royal Society of Medicine Press; Rabies in North America and Europe]</ref>
*Rabies is caused by a bullet-shaped virus (from the genus ''Lyssavirus'') which attacks the Central Nervous System.
*Rabies is caused by a bullet-shaped virus (from the genus ''Lyssavirus'') which attacks the Central Nervous System.
*Rabies is known to drive the infected violently insane.Thus it was one of the most feared ailments for early man.
*Many rabies cases are due to bites from domestic dogs, but all mammals can suffer from rabies and all can potentially transmit the virus to humans.
*Many rabies cases are due to bites from domestic dogs, but all mammals can suffer from rabies and all can potentially transmit the virus to humans.
*Once the symptoms of rabies develop, it is almost always fatal.
*Once the symptoms of rabies develop, it is almost always fatal.