Rabies is a deadly disease; diagnosis is synonymous with death. Only a handful of survivors have been reported and all except one had received rabies vaccine either before or soon after the onset of illness [1] and [2]. Rabies, however, is a preventable disease. Even after exposure to the rabies virus, from the bite, lick or scratch of an infected animal, disease and death can be prevented by proper local wound treatment followed by immunization with safe and effective vaccines, and if necessary with administration of rabies immunoglobulins (RIGs).
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