Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Rabies is characterized by fatal encephalitis. The symptoms of rabies are totally different from encephalitides. Rabies is caused by Rabies virus belonging to family Rhabdoviridae and genus Lyssavirus.
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