id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-294312-ju6vuywm Rohde, Rodney E. Common Myths and Legends of Rabies 2019-04-19 .txt text/plain 4488 281 60 While in fact, today's treatment regimen is typically only four vaccinations (five for immunocompromised individuals) in the arm, plus a dose of humane rabies immune globulin (HRIG). A viral disease of the central nervous system, rabies transmits between animals, including humans, when saliva containing the virus enters an opening in the skin. Usually, the rabies virus enters through the bite of a rabid animal, but transmission can also occur when infected saliva enters through mucous membranes or a break in the skin. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first clinical signs and symptoms of rabies may be very similar to those of the flu including general weakness or discomfort, fever, or headache. For the rabies virus to get to the salivary glands, it has to travel first from the site of entry (usually a bite wound) through the animal's nervous system, then to the brain. ./cache/cord-294312-ju6vuywm.txt ./txt/cord-294312-ju6vuywm.txt