Re: rabies was: polar bear

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:13:09 GMT, Jerry M. Wright
<Jerry.M.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:03:57 -0500, Cyli <cylise@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:38:56 GMT, Jerry M. Wright
<Jerry.M.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


The other basis is that with modern medicine including the ability to
cure just about all rabies victims (if treated soon enough), it was
surprising to me that so many people are still dying of it.

You are mistaken. There is no cure for rabies.

You may be confusing the immunization with a cure. Rabies spreads
slowly along nerves to reach the brain (it can take a year if the bite
was on the foot and a couple of weeks if it is the face). It is
possilbe to use vaccine to build up the immune system to kill the
virus before it reaches something vital.

The girl who survived after actually getting rabies (she didn't know
she'd been infected) was big news. I believe she was in Wisconsin and
it was very touch and go with the attitude that they were doing all
they could but were pretty sure it was going to be useless. Everyone
was surprized and pleased in the news reports.

No word since it seemed she was going to live as to what after effects
she'd have or even might have, as survival after infection isn't very
likely, so few to no cases to look to for guidance.

The case present in October. The editors note in the December
article in MMWR lists progress to that date.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a1.htm


Thanks a bunch. If anything more turns up on her in the next year or
two, it'll be interesting. Is it likely she'll be a carrier?

And I stated some stuff incorrectly. I said infected in general, when
I meant infected and not having received vaccine as far as survival
went. .
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