Markov Model For Dog's Rabies

In the article, a study was conducted on how many people get vaccinated for rabies prior to traveling. The study was directed to scientist and other public health professionals; with an interest on rabies vaccinations for those traveling for multiple reasons as well as days. While the article discussed reasons why one should get vaccinated such as vaccine’s cost and availability, lack of sufficient time to complete a vaccination series, and traveler misconceptions. The authors did not discuss the deadly disease and how it affects a person.

One of my sources is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which is the national health institution of the United States. It is a federal agency which is under the Department of Health and Human Services and its headquarters is located in Atlanta, Georgia. The goals of this institution is to protect the public from diseases by means of research, prevention, and vaccinations. It was written on April 22, 2011. I accessed this source on September 21, 2016. The information content is great and it contains is the generalization of rabies and its diagnosis.

According the CDC (2015), Primary prevention for Rabies is the RabAvert and IMOVAX vaccine. These vaccines are avaliable for pre-exposure and post-exposure. Secondary prevention includes washing the wound with soap and water. The injection of rabies immune globulin (RIG) into the wound is also needed (CDC, 2015). Tertiary preventions include adequate disease management and possibly support groups.

I choose to talk about the Rabies Vaccine. This vaccine hits close to home. Recently we received a cute black lab mixed 5-week old puppy. Now we all know in general that puppies can be very hyper individuals, but our puppy was/is more so than other puppy’s or so it seemed.

Pets such as dogs and cats are required to get certain types of shots and vaccines to prevent them from getting illnesses and even prevent you as an owner from getting diseases that your pet can give to you without being vaccinated. Not only do vaccines help human life, but they also help other different species of animals from wide-spread epidemics. In the popular fiction movie I Am Legend not only are the humans infected with the disease, but so are the animals, and the animals are an even larger threat than the infected humans are.(Lawrence 2007) Almost every dog owned as a pet has received the rabies shot. The rabies shot is in fact a vaccine for animals that helps save not only the animal’s life, but human lives also. Vaccines have come a long a way and scientists are doing everything they can to keep moving forward and to create new immunities to save the human population and also the animal population from diseases and

Vaccines are the most successful strategies in medicine to prevent and even eliminate the most gruesome and contagious diseases. For centuries, smallpox traumatized the human race. Today, smallpox is not something we automatically think of when somebody gets a rash or have the chills, thanks to Edward Jenner. The first successful smallpox vaccine was introduced by Jenner in 1796. Although, Jenner’s portrayed the first scientific attempt to control this deadly disease, later in the 19th century it was perceived that the vaccination did not grant immunity for the rest a victim 's life. As the 19th century came to an end, the smallpox vaccine became more advanced and more depended on. Scientist Louis Pasteur amazed the French Academy of Medicine when he prevented two boys from contracting rabies. Once a person was to get rabies, the symptom was death. A 15-year-old, Jean-Baptiste, was bitten several times while conflicting with a rabid dog. Three days following to the dog attack, Pasteur and his colleagues injected Jean 13 times over 10 days with rabid rabbits’ nerve tissue that had

What is Rabies? Rabies is —“viral infection that affects the nervous system of mammals” (Rabies Questions and Answers Page). — Why do they need to know about it? Because it is a major disease that can cause death to humans and animals. They might think this isn’t something important, but it is that’s why People ought to acknowledge of the symptoms, treatments, and the future effects of this disease.

Today people the Rabies vaccine “uses antibodies to attack the Rhabdovirus acting directly upon pathogens without the help of a host’s immune system” (Daempfle, 2016). The Rabies vaccination today is primarily administered as a preventative measure to individuals who are at high risk for exposure to Rabies such as lab workers, veterinarians,

The word rabies is a derived from a Latin word in late 16th century. That Latin word is rabere ‘rage’.

In clinical trials, it has been said that if not a lot of the population gets the vaccine it will not cause passive immunity for those who are immunocompromised or cannot receive the vaccination. Herd immunity works by if a lot of the population has active immunity to an infection through vaccination it will diminish the amount of the disease in the population. The disease is highly diminished even those who cannot be vaccinated would be passively immune to the disease. This is how the medical community is able to diminish diseases like polio and measles, but when many people stop getting vaccinations it causes an uproar in the amount of cases of a disease. This is another reason vaccination is extremely important because it can be for the most part eradicated from an entire population. Especially in third world countries the amount of vaccination is very low causing herd immunity not to

Rabies is a highly infectious viral disease that can easily ruin and eventually end the lives of both humans and animals alike. Rabies comes in two forms for animals. It comes in the form of paralytic rabies, which is the kind that puts you in paralysis right from the beginning, skipping the symptoms of agitation and excitability. Rabies also appears in the form of furious rabies, which is completely different in the way that it makes the victim restless, vicious and agitated. When humans get rabies, their symptoms start out with simple headaches and fevers and later progresses to terrible things such as becoming hydrophobic because of painful throat spasms and paralysis. A definite diagnosis of rabies needs lab analysis of

(2011). Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. Atlanta, GA: Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The fragment of the virus’ protein blocks vital chemical messengers in the brain. It was enough to stop the pumping of the digestive tracts of worms and make rodents run frantically around their cages. When rabies infects dogs, the animal becomes bold and highly aggressive.

Summary: Rabies is a severe but preventable anthropozoonosis of developing countries. Wandering and unvaccinated dogs are the primary source of rabies particularly, in low-income countries. The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the public health risks for pet owners. Despite pre-exposure vaccination, rabies virus was diagnosed in dog brain using histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Negligence in prophylactic measures and dog bite management constitutes the main cause of rabies cases, largely in populated cities of Pakistan. Another contributing factor is the lack of knowledge, regarding rabies prophylaxis, among both non-professionals and medical practitioners.

Abstract: Rabies is a dangerous disease that affects both animals and humans. Rabies is caused by the lyssa virus and is almost 100% fatal. The majority of the people infected die from it but there have been a small number of miraculous cases where people have survived. One very special case took place in the life of Jeanna Giese because she recovered without the use of rabies vaccines. There are four FDA approved vaccines for public usage but they are not guaranteed to cure. Rabies affects many people around the world, especially in underdeveloped nations. It is a very serious disease and is preventable if treatment is received before any symptoms show up.