Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. In people who have been exposed to rabies, the rabies vaccine and sometimes rabies immunoglobulin are effective in preventing the disease if the person receives the treatment before the start of rabies symptoms. Washing bites and scratches for 15 minutes with soap and water, povidone iodine, or detergent may reduce the number of viral particles and may be somewhat effective at preventing transmission. Only five people have survived a rabies infection after showing symptoms, and this was with extensive treatment known as the Milwaukee protocol. Rabies is a viral zoonotic neuroinvasive disease which causes inflammation in the brain and is usually fatal.
Rabies is non-communicable.
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Claim: Rabies is non-communicable.

Evidence: Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. In people who have been exposed to rabies, the rabies vaccine and sometimes rabies immunoglobulin are effective in preventing the disease if the person receives the treatment before the start of rabies symptoms. Washing bites and scratches for 15 minutes with soap and water, povidone iodine, or detergent may reduce the number of viral particles and may be somewhat effective at preventing transmission. Only five people have survived a rabies infection after showing symptoms, and this was with extensive treatment known as the Milwaukee protocol. Rabies is a viral zoonotic neuroinvasive disease which causes inflammation in the brain and is usually fatal.

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Claim: Rabies is non-communicable.

Evidence: Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals. In people who have been exposed to rabies, the rabies vaccine and sometimes rabies immunoglobulin are effective in preventing the disease if the person receives the treatment before the start of rabies symptoms. Washing bites and scratches for 15 minutes with soap and water, povidone iodine, or detergent may reduce the number of viral particles and may be somewhat effective at preventing transmission. Only five people have survived a rabies infection after showing symptoms, and this was with extensive treatment known as the Milwaukee protocol. Rabies is a viral zoonotic neuroinvasive disease which causes inflammation in the brain and is usually fatal.

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