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28 September: World Rabies Day
September 29 , 2017
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- The World Rabies Day is observed on 28 September to raise awareness about rabies disease and its preventable measures.
- The theme of the day, 2017 is ‘Rabies: Zero by 30’.
- Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of brain (acute encephalitis) in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic disease i.e. transmitted from one species to another, commonly by bite from infected animal such as dogs to humans.
- The rabies virus infects central nervous system (CNS) and ultimately causes disease in brain and death.
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