Daily Quiz | On rabies
A picture of French bacteriologist and immunologist Émile Roux, who investigated rabies and co-founded the Pasteur Institute.
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The word rabies is derived from the Latin word rabies, meaning “madness”. It may also be related to a Sanskrit word that means “to rage”. Name the word.
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In Greek mythology, this character was depicted as the spirit of mad rage, frenzy, and rabies in animals. Name this Greek entity who inspired the genus name of the rabies virus.
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Name the French chemist and microbiologist whose work has saved millions of lives through the development of a vaccine for rabies.
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The WHO-recommended method for diagnosing rabies is a procedure called ‘FAT’. The procedure allows for the visualisation of the rabies antigen using fluorescent microscopy techniques. Expand FAT.
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Rabies is commonly associated with a set of symptoms in the later stages of the infection, in which a person has difficulty swallowing, panics when presented with liquid for drinking, and cannot quench their thirst. What is this fear called?
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Which country has the highest rate of human rabies in the world, primarily because of stray dogs?
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A ‘Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Fun Run Pro Am Race for the Cure’ was dedicated to which character from a popular American sitcom that aired from 2005 to 2013?
Answer : Meredith Palmer (from ‘The Office’)
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Name this Trinidadian bacteriologist who was the first to show that rabies could be spread by vampire bats to other animals and humans.