A 20 year old male comes to see you and tells you that he was attempting to remo

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A 20 year old male comes to see you and tells you that he was attempting to remove a trapped raccoon from a humane trap. The raccoon was foaming at the mouth and snapped at him, producing 3 puncture wounds in his wrist. The raccoon then escaped. He is very concerned that he might have contacted rabies.
A. rabies is caused by
1. A togavirus
2. an echovirus
3. a rhabdovirus
4. a retrovirus
5. A poxvirus
B. An unprovoked bite is indicated for anti-rabies treatment from all the following except
1. skunk
2. coyote
3. bat
4. fox
5. rat
C. In Houston, the animal most likely to have rabies is the
1. fox
2. squirrel
3. raccoon
4. skunk
5. domestic animals
D. Since the animal Escaped you determine that he needs postexposure prophylaxis. The treatment for this illness requires which of the following
1. attenuated rabies
2. serum from humans already protected against rabies
3.immune globulin injections
4. 1 & 2
5. 2 & 3

THIS IS MICROBIOLOGY!

Explanation / Answer

A) Rabies is caused by a rabies virus. RABDO VIRUS is the name of the virus that cause rabies.(3 is answer)

B) An unprovoked bite is indicated for anti- rabies treatment . (3 IS THE ANSWER BAT) because bat rabies is not conclusively proved in india. Therefore exposure to bats does not warrant the treatment.

C) Normally wild animals are much more likely to transmitt rabies virus. In houstan city the Raccoon and the opossums are most likely affected with rabies. Hence raccon is most likely having the rabies (3 answer)

D) In post exposure treatment there includes the 1) Rabies immunoglobin- passive immunisation

2) Management of animal bite wound

3) Active immunisation - anti rabies vaccines.

answer is (3) immunoglobin injectors.

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