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An infected dog
Rabies is spread through the saliva of an Infected animals when a person is bitten or scratch by the an infected animals such as dogs, cats, Raccoons, Bats, cattle , Rodents etc. These animals are the reservoirs of viruses. But the infection from dogs are common among the human beings. The incubation period is one week but it can vary depending on the virus entry in body. Therefore incubation period may go up to 7 days – 3 months.
Lyssavirus is the name of virus responsible for rabies.
Symptoms of rabies
1 . Fever
2 . Pain
3 . Burning sensation in place of scratch or bite
4 . Tingling
5 . Restlessness
6 . Hydrophobia ( fear from water)
7 . Aerophobia ( fear from air)
8 . Sometimes barking or acting like dogs
9 . The infected saliva will comes out from the infected person just like in dogs.
10 . The patients can be violent / hallucinations because of the heavy load of viruses in Central nervous system (CNS) .
11 . Coma slowly
12 . Paralysis (in more viruses entry)
13 . Gastrointestinal symptoms
14 . Malaise
15 . Headache
16 . Death
17 . Stimulated by sounds, water, sight
18 . Anxiety
19 . Agitation
20 . Pharyngeal muscle spasms.
Within 2 weeks Neurological phase starts and approx 80% of the patients develops develops Encephalitis with symptoms of Hydrophobia, spasms, delirium etc.
How can we know if a dog is infected?
Every disease is present in our body. It depends only on it’s activation.
Example-
A cancerous cell is present in every human beings, Plasmodium is present in our body when bites by mosquito causes malaria.
But a rabies infected dog can be identified as …
- Whenever It will walk , the neck of the dog is bent towards land
- Other is the sliva will coming out from the dog every time.
There are two forms of dogs rabies:-
1 . Furious
The patients are hyperactive, violent, excitable behavior etc.
2 . Paralytic
Rare or 20% of the patients are gets paralyzed.
Humans to human transmission through bites or saliva is possible.
Diagnosis
There is no any diagnosis tools available.
It can only be identified when the symptoms appears or beginning of clinical disease after bites or scratches.
Prevention
1 . Vaccinate dogs
2 . Vaccination of people if bites
3 . Awareness among the people
4 . Maintaining a distance with stray dogs and even pets. The pets should be vaccinated on time.
5 Awareness in Children should be mandatory. Because small child will play outside with puppies, if he/ she gots scratches or bites he / she is not going to tell in house.
6 . The vaccines should be available in every nearby hospitals.
Precautions
There is not any precautions if onset of symptoms starts. If the viruses enters in the CNS, then compassionate palliative care is recommended but death is inevitable .
Rabies vaccine
Some data ( WHO)
1 . There are only three pre – qualified human rabies vaccines are available globally ( upto the year 2024) .
Example –
RABIVAX -S :- by serum Institute of India pvt. Ltd.
VERORAB :– by sanofi pasteur
VaxiRab -N :- by Zydus Life sciences Limited.
2 . Dogs bites and scratches causes 99 % of the human rabies cases and can be prevented through dog vaccination.
3 . Children between the age of 5-14 years are frequent victims.
4 . It is a viral zoonotic, neglected tropical diseases that caused tens of thousands of deaths annually with 40% of being children under 15.
5 . Rabies is fatal in 100% of cases, once the virus infects the CNS.
6 . Rabies is present on all continents except Antarctica.
7 . Bat mediated rabies is also an emerging public health threat in Australia and parts of Western Europe.
Animals responsible for rabies are:-
Dogs are common (cats ,Rodents, Foxes ,Raccoons, Bats, Mongoose, wildlife, cattle etc. ) are very rare.
Mode of transfer of rabies are:-
Mostly saliva but sometimes through mucosa, eyes or open wounds scratches etc.
Dose of vaccines to the infected person
data taken from (NIH)
Exposed rabies patients:- 2 dose
Day 0 – first dose
Day 7 – second dose + Booster dose
Three dose schedule:-
Day 0 – first dose
Day 7 – second dose
Day 21 or 28 – third dose
- Booster dose
Exposed to rabies patients:- 2 dose
Day 0 – first dose
Day 3- second dose
Patients who have not received any rabies vaccines or have a weak immune system :- 5 dose
Day 0- first dose
Day 3- second dose
Day 7- Third dose
Day 14- fourth dose
Day 28- fifth dose + shot of rabies immune globulin.
The vaccines should take on time without missing any dose for the proper result of medication.
Stray dog feeding
Judgements of Supreme Court of India on stray dogs :-
1 . In late July, the Supreme Court Of India took suo moto cognizance of a news report highlighting the alarming rise in rabies causes and deaths, particularly the children and elderly due to stray dog bites in and around Delhi. The court termed the issue “ Deeply disturbing “ and had flagged the failure of civic authorities to control the situation. The supreme Court of India has issued recent orders (2025) directing Municipalities to remove stray dogs from institutional areas ( schools, hospitals, stations etc. ]
2 . Authorities must remove all stray animals, including cattle, from highways and relocate them to shelters.
3 . According to data shared by union minister S P singh Baghel in the parliament on July 22 , the total number of dog bites cases stood at 37,17,336 (2024).
4 . In 2023 ABC (Animal Birth Control)rule was established . This was based on CNVR (catch – Neuter – Vaccinate – Release) approach . This approach was widely supported by animal welfare bodies to gradually reduce population over year.
Recent Cases of dog bites
1 . A national level Gold medalists Uttar pradesh kabaddi player named Brijesh Solanki died after puppy scratch in 2025 .
2 . Lucknow (U P) woman mauled to death by her pet dog Pitbull ( 2024) .
My personal opinion on supreme Court judgement on stray dogs.
I personally do not support stray dogs. Because they attacked on my husband while he was on the way for his duty. But fortunately he got only scratches and took vaccines on time. A dog near by my house also attacked on my son.
I am not against the saving and feeding of the dogs. But they have large numbers. Some comes in streets and accidents cause. So, they should be vaccinated or either relocated in the dogs shelter home.
WRITTEN BY : SONI SHARMA
FAQ…
1 . CAN RABIES BE SPREAD BETWEEN HUMAN ?
ANS . HUMAN TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELRARE, MOSTLY BY ORGAN TRANSPLANTS.
2 . CAN BATS GIVES RABIES?
ANS . BATS CAN CARRY RABIES ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES WHERE RABIES IN WILDLIFE IS COMMON.
3 . CAN RABIES BE CURE AFTER SYMPTOMS APPEARS?
ANS . UNFORTUNATELY,THERE IS NO CURE AFTER THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS APPEAR.
Sources :- WHO, NIH
Sources:- other internet sources
Sources:- My study and researches .
