Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site frog.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.med Subject: Re: Viral infections: Modern medicine seems virtually helpless! Message-ID: <266@frog.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 15:27:55 EDT Article-I.D.: frog.266 Posted: Wed Aug 14 15:27:55 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:28:06 EDT References: <191@tekig5.UUCP> <2050@ukma.UUCP> Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.followup:5197 net.med:2051 > In article <191@tekig5.UUCP> davidl@tekig5.UUCP (David Levadie) writes: > >... > >any screaming and yelling about it. Look at rabies, for instance. How > >long has it been with us? I think there's finally been a recorded > >case of a rabies victim surviving, in the U.S., under intensive care. > > Uh, rabies is quite curable. A friend of mine was once bitten by a dog that > turned out to have rabies. She got a LOT of shots. > Rabies, per se, is nearly incurable. However, the virus is quite a slow starter, so that if you are bitten by a rabid animal and start the shots immediately, you will be immune by the time the rabies virus really gets going. Once the virus gets going, however, it is very dangerous. I believe that the total of survived cases is up to about 4, worldwide. -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA