Rabies Virus

In this prescientific world, It is a story of a predator and its prey. In this case the predator is microscopic and its been incubating in its victim. Diseased microbes can be formidable predators. Not only attacking and eventually killing, but also taking over their hosts changing their behaviour to spread their microorganisms to other hosts this virus is rabies.

Rabies Virus

 Rabies is a disease that naturally affects only mammals. Mammals are warm-blooded animals with fur. People are mammals, and so are most of our pets like cats and dogs. Lots of farm animals like cows and horses are mammals. Rabies is primarily a disease of terrestrial and airborne mammals, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, cats, bobcats, lions, mongooses, skunks, badgers, bats, monkeys and humans. 

The dog has been, and still is, the main reservoir of rabies. Incase What happens when a rabid bat bites a dog how it could turn a lovely pet to predator.  Unlucky dog who through no fault of his own just because of a chance encounter with a rabid bat now finds himself the main character in a zombie horror story. In an encounter with a rabid bat the rabies virus being injected into the bloodstream of this placid people loving dog they head to the dog's brain right to the limbic system where the control buttons for rage reside.

Process of spreading through dogs

 By attacking the nerve cells the rabies virus is converting the poor animal into a marauding, snarling, vicious predator without loyalties or love for anyone. Rabid animals can be fearless. Now that the limbic system has been conquered another detachment of rabies viruses are dispatched to the saliva manufacturing machinery in the dog's thorat. Their assignment is to put it into overdrive while paralyzing the nerves for swallowing. This maximizes the chances for the infected saliva to leave the dog and invade the next target. 

Affected dog

Scientists wondering how is such degree od tactical coordination possible by a virus ? How can a virus know which part of another creature's brain is the seat of anger ? We didn't figured it out very recently. This is the power of evolution by natural selection. Given enough time a random mutation no matter how highly specialized. A virus has a ability to paralyze a victim's throat will take hold. If it enhances the virus chance of survival it will be passed on.

 All it needs in every generation is a victim to carry the disease. The transformation from the family guardian to the ferocious wild eyed demon is complete. The dog is furious although he has no idea. A helpless pawn of the viruses within him he can't resist the impulse to attack if the attack is successful the viruses in the dog's saliva will enter the blood stream of the victim through the lesion it laceration and then they will set about taking over a new victim. The rabies virus is a brilliant manipulator. It knows its victims and how to pull their strings. It coordinates its attack circumventing defenses, infiltrating, outflanking within its prey and turning the most gentle among us into the most violent.

Most deadliest terrific virus ever known. There is no effective treatment is found. Vaccine is found for both animals and humans. Only a small number survived a rabies attack the disease usually cause death.