Hydrophobia: rabies also known as "hydrophobia" is a viral zoonotic neuroinvasive disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in mammals. See detailed information below for a list of 10 causes of Hydrophobia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Rabies is an acute and deadly viral infection of the central nervous system. It is one of the most terrifying diseases known to man. Although rabies in humans is rare in the United States, as many as 18,000 Americans get rabies shots each year because they have been in contact with animals that may be rabid (rabies-infected). In 1998 according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only one person died of rabies in this country. (Source: excerpt from Rabies, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Rabies is a disease that affects wild animals, domestic animals (like pets and livestock), and humans. It is caused by a virus. A virus is a very tiny germ. You can see the rabies virus only with a special electron microscope. Only mammals (warm-blooded animals with fur) can get rabies. (Source: excerpt from What is rabies?: DVRD)
Hydrophobia: SYN: rabies. [hydro- + G. phobos, fear; from reports of inability to swallow and resultant resistance to oral fluids in human and animal rabies]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
The list below shows some of the causes of Hydrophobia mentioned in various sources:
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Symptoms related to Hydrophobia:
Animal bite, Fox bite (type of Animal bite), Bat bite, Raccoon bite, Skunk bite, Aerosol through mucous membranes, Transplant surgery, Kisses
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