| Flury strain rabies virus | <organism, virology> Species of the Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies in humans. The virus infects the cells in the brain, causing a fatal encephalomyelitis. It is found all over the world, but strict quarantine regulations have excluded it from Britain and Australia. The virus infects a number of domestic and wild mammals, whose saliva is infective. Some bats and small mammals can carry the virus without showing any symptoms of disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| furious rabies | The form or stage of rabies in which the animal is markedly hyperactive, characterised by periods of agitation, thrashing, running, snapping, or biting. (05 Mar 2000) |