Rabies (hydrophobia) is an acute infectious disease, central nervous system caused by rabies virus and spread through the bite of an animal infected with rabies, especially dogs, cats and monkeys.

This disease is caused by rabies virus present in the saliva of infected animals. These animals spread to other animals or humans through the bite, sometimes through a lick. The virus will enter through the nerves, the spinal cord and brain, while the latter is to multiply. In addition, the virus will move back through the nerves, salivary glands and saliva to enter.

Many animals can transmit rabies to humans. The most common source of rabies in dogs, other animals can also be a source of rabies infection in cats, bats, raccoons, skunks and foxes. Canine rabies is often found in Latin America, Africa and Asia, because not all pets access to such diseases. Of infected animals, rabies vaccine, or rabies to tame the wild. In the wild rabies, an infected animal is disturbed and violence, and then become paralyzed and death.In the rabies benign, from the outset has been a local paralysis or complete paralysis.

Although very rare, rabies can be contracted through inhalation of contaminated air. 2 cases have been reported to have occurred in the browser, who is the air we breathe a lot of cave bats.