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  Rabies is a fatal virus infection caused by a bite/scratch of a rabid animal or an infected person. Rabies affects the central system of the body, including the brain leading to death eventually. The time period of this infection is between 10 to 50 days from the time of exposure to the virus. The anti-rabies vaccine is mandatory to avoid the effect of the virus. How does Rabies Spread? Rabies usually starts with the rabid animal’s saliva that enters a human’s body or an animal when got bitten. It can also spread through the inhalation of any kind of aerosol particle containing a virus. Another way it happens when a rabid animal licks someone’s mouth or broken skin. Most of the time the rabies is spread through wild dogs, foxes, and cats. So it is better to make sure that at least the animals around you get rabies vaccination . Symptoms of Rabies ●      It pains where got bitten ●      Feeling of illness ●    ...

  Rabies is a relatively rare but very serious infection which can attack the brain and the nervous system.   It is not found in the UK mainly though it is found in a very small number of wild bats, but it is prevalent throughout the world particularly in Asia, Africa and South and Central America.   If you are travelling to any of these locations, & are at risk of being infected and looking for rabies vaccination in Camberley then contact Touchwood Pharmacy. Rabies is transmitted from the saliva of an infected animal and is most commonly caused in humans by a bite, often from a dog. How does rabies reach the brain? Rabies is initially transmitted from the bite of an infected animal, usually into the muscle of a human.   The rabies virus uses the nerve cell network rather than the bloodstream to speed its passage to the brain where it multiplies and is almost always fatal. What are the symptoms of rabies? ·        ...