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Thought rabies usually killed dogs? https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6823e1.htm#:~:text=Rabies%20virus%20infection%2C%20regardless%20of,2%20weeks%20of%
by acyou 4y ago
Thought rabies usually killed dogs?
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6823e1.htm#:~:text=Rabies%20virus%20infection%2C%20regardless%20of,2%20weeks%20of%20symptom%20onset https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6823e1.htm#:~:text=....
CDC says it kills 99% regardless.
Why would it evolve this way?
- EEBio 4y agoI doubt that rabies has evolutionary developed to target dogs. It’s just a “happy” accident that dogs are so plentiful and can infect many other animals (until recently at least). If I had to guess I’d say rabies had evolutionarily targeted species that today are largely asymptomatic and can easily survive a rabies infection, like bats or birds.