Rabies - Awareness is your family’s best protection

Rabies must be treated early – before symptoms develop – or the disease is fatal.² Although infection is relatively rare in humans, about half of those who do contract rabies are children under the age of 15. Vaccination to prevent rabies infection before exposure is reserved for people at high risk of contact with the virus, either because they work with animals or they’re travelling to areas with a high risk of rabies...   read more.

Rabies doesn’t only affect animals. Do you know what to do if you’ve been bitten? In addition to over 1,500 clinics administering the rabies vaccine on Vaccines411, we have gathered a list of reliable resources on rabies. Click on the links below to answer your questions on how it is contracted, who is at greater risk of contracting rabies, what signs to look for, how it can be prevented etc.

When you are done, make sure to find the clinic nearest you offering the rabies vaccine by entering your postal code in the search box above, and selecting the "travel" category.

Rabies Resources:

Articles:

• Rabies - Awareness is your family’s best protection Vaccines411
• Rabies: What to know about the virus in Canada CBC
• Rabies in Ontario - What should we do? Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians
• 8 things you may not know about rabies - but should Elsevier

Tips & Tools:

• Patient Information Library Vaccines411
• Fact Sheet: Rabies WHO
• Rabies: OSH Answers Government of Canada
• Animals and Rabies CDC
• Rabies in Humans Gouvernement du Québec
• Treatment of rabies Public Health Agency of Canada 
• Can rabies be eliminated? Global Alliance for Rabies Control

Featured Resources:

• Rabies vaccine in Canada Public Health Agency of Canada
• World Rabies Day WHO
• When should I seek medical attention? CDC
•  Rabies and Kids CDC

Infographics/Fact Snacks:

Rabies Bites – Vaccines411

Rabies symptoms in humans – Global Alliance for Rabies Control

Rabies: the facts – World Health Organization

Why we need to end rabies now - End Rabies now