Rodney E. Willoughby Archives

Physical Address

304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124

Rabies virus is a bullet-shaped, negative-sense, single-stranded, enveloped RNA virus from the family Rhabdoviridae, genus Lyssavirus. There currently are 14 species of Lyssavirus. The classic rabies virus (genotype 1) is distributed worldwide and naturally infects a large variety of animals.…

Rabies Virus

The Virus Rabies virus and 17 bat lyssaviruses are members of the Rhabdoviridae family, genus Lyssavirus, which is derived from the Greek word lyssa, meaning “madness.” Rabies derives from the Sanskrit word rabhas, which means “to do violence.” Rabies virus…