Rabies is a preventable disease; it is also a viral zoonosis, which means it is transmitted to people through animals. According to the World Health Organization, Rabid dog’s bites are the main cause of the disease; it cause tens of thousands of deaths around the world every year, 95% of which are reported in Asia and Africa. Once a patient of Rabies shows clinical signs, the disease is mostly fatal (WHO, 2002). It is important for People to be aware of what Rabies is, what can cause it, what the types of Rabies are and their symptoms, and how Rabies can be preventable, because of how serious this disease is.
Rabies was first recognized around 700 or 800 BCE, it might be one of the oldest infection diseases known to human. Rabies is usually spread among domestic dogs and wild animals that feed on flesh, but also all warm-blooded animals – like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes – are susceptible to the infection of rabies. The Incubation phase of Rabies is not fixed, it can take more than

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