The length of the virus is approximately 180 nanometers, and in diameter it is about 75 nanometers. Its shape often resembles a cylindrical or bullet shape, the surface is represented by a protective shell. The causative agent of the rabies virus is a virus belonging to the family of Rabdoviruses, which contains a single-stranded molecule of ribonucleic acid, or, so-called, RNA-containing virus. There are seven different genotypes of this virus, which are widely distributed almost all over the world. He also owns the invention of the famous vaccine against rabies, which was first successfully introduced only in 1885.Ī characteristic feature of the rabies virus in humans is its direct damaging effect on the nervous system with the formation of all kinds of neurological disorders, damage to various organs, tissues of the body and the development of a lethal outcome without proper prevention and treatment. ![]() The virus that causes rabies has been known since ancient times, but it was only thoroughly studied in 1880 by L. ![]() The causative agent of the rabies virus can be extremely dangerous both for humans and for wild animals and several species of domestic animals. The virus of rabies is a virus possessing the properties of neurotropism, that is, the ability to attack the nerve cells in the body, due to its penetration, and cause the development of the same-named fatal disease.
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