Rabies vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent rabies. Rabies is a zoonotic disease, caused by the rabies virus. Rabies is an often fatal disease caused by the infection of mammals with rabies virus. Rabies, caused by the rabies virus, primarily infects mammals. Rabies is caused by lyssaviruses, including the rabies virus and Australian bat lyssavirus. After exposure vaccination is typically used along with rabies immunoglobulin. Examples include tetanus toxin and the herpes simplex, rabies, and polio viruses. He reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax. The human diploid cell rabies vaccine was started in 1967. The treatment consists of a series of injections of rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin. Vaccinating dogs is very effective in preventing the spread of rabies to humans. Rodents are very rarely infected with rabies. All other cases of rabies caused by rabies virus acquired the infection while abroad. This change occurred in an organism that had both rabies and a separate carnivore virus. A resident veterinarian recognizes the symptoms as similar to those of rabies.