who found the cure for rabies?

Answer 1

There is no known cure for symptomatic rabies, but it can be prevented by vaccination. It is most certainly not almost always fatal as the poster above says!

Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux developed the first rabies vaccination in 1885.

Treatment after exposure is highly successful in preventing the disease if administered promptly, within fourteen days after infection.

Each year, about 30,000 to 50,000 people in the world die of rabies. These deaths occur because people did not get vaccinations after being bitten by a rabid animal. Millions of people around the world get the anti-rabies shots after an animal bite.

Since 1946 there have been 22 deaths in the UK - all of whom were bitten by an infected animal abroad.

Answer 2

There is no cure for rabies after the virus has moved to the central nervous system and brain. However, if you get treatment right away after a bite or other exposure to a rabid animal, the virus can be killed before it infects your brain.

When possible, the animal that bit you is observed for rabies.

If the animal that bit you is a pet that has had rabies shots, the animal is observed for possible illness for 10 days. If the pet that has not had rabies shots, the pet needs to be quarantined while it is observed.
If the animal that bit you was a wild animal, it should be killed or captured, if possible, for examination.
Any animal that shows signs of rabies should be killed and then tested for rabies.

If the animal is suspected or known to have rabies, you may be given shots that will help your body to kill the virus. You may also get the shots if the animal was never caught or identified. These shots are called postexposure prophylaxis. This means prevention after exposure. The treatment begins with 2 shots of rabies immune globulin. Half of the dose is given as a shot at the site of the bite and the other half is injected in another area, usually your hip.

The treatment is continued with a series of 5 shots of rabies vaccine given over a period of 28 days. This series of shots must be started as soon as it is determined that you are at risk for rabies. If the animal is found to be free of rabies after you have started the shots, then you can stop getting the shots.

Answer 3

No cure yet! It's a HORRIBLE disease. I lived in India and I saw it first hand! Everyone went around killing stray dogs for a week after, until there were no strays dogs running around anymore and a couple of pets got killed as well! The guy who died was a street urchin, with no access to medical help! Not that it would have done him any good anyway!

Answer 4

No cure for rabies available. Its almost always fatal.

Answer 5

There is no cure for rabies. There is a vaccine but deifinitely no cure.