Rabies: The Most Preventable Fatal Infection

Rabies: The Most Preventable Fatal Infection

July 5, 2026 · 11 min

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This episode discusses the preventability of rabies and how fatalities can be avoided through prompt treatment.

Rabies remains one of the deadliest infections known to medicine, yet it is almost entirely preventable with prompt treatment. In this episode, Alastair Milne from the medical school in the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, explores how the virus is transmitted, and describes a practical scenario to understand how fatalities from this disease can be avoided.

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