ALARKA VISHA AND RABIES – A COMPARATIVE LITERARY REVIEW

Abstract

According to WHO , there are about 10 million cases of rabies reported every year. Annually there are about 55,000 human deaths worldwide due to rabies. India has been reported as having the highest rabies cases in the world. Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. The rabies virus is usually transmitted through a bite. Animals most likely to transmit rabies include bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons and most importantly stray dogs. It is spread when an infected animal bites or scratches a human or other animal. Saliva from an infected animal can also transmit Rabies if the saliva comes into contact with the eyes, mouth, or nose. Symptoms of rabies are fever, headache, excess salivation, muscle spasms, paralysis and mental confusion. Rabies is a zoonotic, viral infection which can be treated by anti rabies vaccine. Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies becomes incurable and thus 100% fatal