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rabies [1 record]

Record 1 2022-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Viral Diseases
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
A82
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A viral disease, [transmissible to other animals by biting or other contact with saliva and] almost inevitably fatal if untreated, which affects the nervous system and typically causes agitated, aggressive behaviour, hydrophobia, and paralysis ...

OBS

hydrophobia: Formerly, the term hydrophobia was used as a synonym for rabies in general rather than for just the symptom of the paralytic phase.

OBS

A82: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Maladies virales
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
A82
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse mortelle due à un virus inoculé par la morsure d'animaux atteints, qui provoque un violent état d'agitation ou une paralysie.

OBS

A82 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Enfermedades víricas
  • Sistema nervioso
Entrada(s) universal(es)
A82
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Enfermedad que se produce en algunos animales y que se transmite por mordedura a otros o al hombre por la saliva o baba del animal rabioso.

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