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Lyssavirus is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. The genus Lyssavirus includes the rabies virus traditionally associated with the disease of the same name.Wikipedia

Scientific name: Lyssavirus

Higher classification: Rhabdoviridae

Rank: Genus

Order: Mononegavirales

Kingdom: Orthornavirae

Phylum: Negarnaviricota

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Rabies lyssavirus (human) mode of transmission

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Rabies lyssavirus (human) mode of transmission

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Rabies is zoonosis (disease transmitted to humans by animals) caused by a virus that affects domestic and wild animals, and spreads to people through contact with infected saliva through bites or scratches.

Rabies virus is transmitted through direct contact. (Such as broken skin or mucous membrane in eyes, nose, mouth) with saliva, or brain/nervous system tissue from an infected animal.

Inhalation of aerosolized rabies virus is one potential non-bite route of exposure, but except for laboratory workers, most people won't encounter an aerosol of rabies virus. Rabies transmission through corneal and solid organ transplants have been recorded, but they are also very rare.

Contact with infected bats is the leading cause of human rabies deaths in this country; at least 7 out of 10 Americans who die from rabies in the US were infected by bats.

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Flu like symptoms
Weakness, discomfort, fever or headache
Prickling or itching sensation at site of the bite

Symptoms progress into cerebral dysfunction, anxiety,
confusion, and agitation.

Later progression includes:
Delirium, hallucinations, hydrophobia and insomnia

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After a rabies exposure, the rabies has to travel to the brain before symptoms appear.

The time between exposure and symptoms varies based on
A. The location of exposure site (How far away from the brain)
B. The type of rabies virus
C. Any existing immunity
Once the disease has progress to the brain 2 to 10 days is considered to the acute period.

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Lyssavirus, the causative agent for the disease of rabies
Lyssavirus are classified within the family Rhabdoviridae within the order Mononegvirales

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Once the disease has progressed to the brain nearly all cases are fatal.  Only 20 cases documented have survived .

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Postexposure prophylaxis - consist of a dose of human rabies immune globulin (HRIG) and the rabies vaccine - on the day of exposure, then a dose of vaccine given again on days 3, 7, and 14.