Sally, a 5-Year-Old Child, Was Bitten on the Hand by a Bat

question 9

Essay

Sally, a 5-year-old child, was bitten on the hand by a bat that was later diagnosed with rabies. She was immediately treated after the bite but had to go through a series of more involved treatments after the rabies diagnosis in the bat that bit her. How does the rabies virus get to the brain from a simple hand wound?

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Definitions:

Polysaccharide

A complex carbohydrate composed of a long chain of monosaccharide units bonded together, serving various functions including energy storage and structural roles.

Nucleotide

A molecule consisting of one or more phosphate groups, a 5-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a nitrogenous base (purine or pyrimidine).

ATP

See adenosine triphosphate.

Cysteine Residues

The amino acid units in proteins that contain a thiol group, often involved in the formation of disulfide bonds that stabilize protein structure.