key facts
the vIRUS
- Rabies is a bullet-shaped lyssavirus.
- It is so small, you could fit 5550 virus particles into a single raindrop!
- It can affect any mammal, including humans and uses its hosts’ nervous system to travel from the body to the brain.
- Once it has reached the brain it replicates, causing inflammation and large amount of virus can now be found in the saliva.
- The host is now infectious.