1、狂犬病 [kuángquǎnbìng]
英语 解释：hydrophobia; rabies。
2、例句：The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid.
海关 把这只患有狂犬病的狗处理掉了。
3、关于狂犬病的英语文章：触及狂犬病的医学英语定义，诊断、处理手段。
Rabies
Definition
Rabies is a frequently fatal, acute viral infection which is transmitted to humans by infected animals (often dogs or bats) via a bite or by the exposure of broken skin to an infected animal's saliva.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Rabies is transmitted by infected saliva that enters the body through a bite wound or other open wound. The virus travels from the wound along nerve pathways to the brain, where it causes inflammation (irritation and swelling with presence of extra immune cells) that results in the symptoms of the disease.
The incubation period ranges from 10 days to 7 years, with the average being 3 to 7 weeks.
In the past, human cases in the U.S. usually resulted from a dog bite, but recently, more cases of human rabies have are linked to bats and there have not been any rabies cases caused by dog bites for a number of years.
Worldwide, dogs still pose a significant risk for transmitting rabies, however. Bats, skunks, raccoons, foxes, and other animals can also be sources of rabies virus. There are an estimated 15,000 cases of rabies worldwide each year.
