BREAKING NEWS: Confirmed case of Rabies in Boksburg

The Boksburg SPCA wrote on their facebook page: “We wish to advise all pet owners of Boksburg that there has been a confirmed case of Rabies in Boksburg South. We ask that all owners take their animals to either their vets or to Boksburg SPCA for vaccination against this disease.”

Rabies is an infectious disease that spreads from animals to humans.

The rabies virus causes the disease by infecting nerves in animals and people. The rabies virus travels to the brain (through nerves inside the brain), the virus reproduces, and then it travels back through the nerves to most parts of the body.

Eventually, the virus reaches the salivary glands where it is released into the saliva in the mouth.

By this time, the disease has usually damaged the brain, sometimes producing violent behaviour.

It eventually causes death.