Virus
rabies virus
ra·bies vi·rus [ rey-beez vahy-ruhs ]
Subclass of:
Lyssavirus
Definitions related to rabies virus:
  • A species of enveloped, rod- or bullet-shaped viruses in the Rhabdoviridae family and Lyssavirus genus. The genome is composed of single-stranded, negative-sense RNA. Rabies viruses are neurotropic and zoonotic. They are found in mammals and humans and causes acute infection of the central nervous system, neural degeneration, and fatal encephalitis in humans. Rabies viruses are transmitted via direct contact with saliva from infected animal or human bites.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Rabies virus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Bullet shaped RNA virus; one of the most neurotropic of the viruses; etiologic agent of rabies.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The type species of LYSSAVIRUS causing rabies in humans and other animals. Transmission is mostly by animal bites through saliva. The virus is neurotropic multiplying in neurons and myotubes of vertebrates.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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