article_snippet.sent: Transmission is generally through the bite of an infected animal, usually dogs, but also cats, bats and other wildlife.
article_snippet.sent: They stressed that a course of rabies vaccination could prevent infection.
article_snippet.sent: Rabies can spread to humans from infected animals through a bite, a scratch, or a lick to broken skin or the eye.
article_snippet.sent: In very rare cases, rabies can be spread during an organ transplant.
article_snippet.sent: Once rabies enters the body, the rabies virus multiplies before spreading into nerve endings.
article_snippet.sent: rabies then travels to the spinal cord and brain (the central nervous system).
article_snippet.sent: Once rabies is in the central nervous system, rabies multiplies rapidly and spreads to the salivary glands, lungs, kidneys and other organs.
article_snippet.sent: Rabies is almost always fatal unless treated very early.
highlights_snippet.sent: Rabies is a viral infection that attacks the brain and nervous system .