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(A]: Rabies is an acute infectious disea...

(A]: Rabies is an acute infectious disease of mammals affecting CNS to cause paralysis and death.
[R]: This is caused due to neurotropic filterable bacteria in saliva of rabis animals.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

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If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both assertion and reson are false.

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C
Rabies (hydrophobia) is an acute viral disease of the central nervous system that affects all warm-blooded animals and is usually transmitted to humans by a bite from an infected dog. Symptoms appear after an incubation period ranging from 10 days to over a year and include malaise, fever, difficulty in breathing, salivation, periods of intense excitement, and painful muscle spasms of the throat induced by swallowing. In the later stages of the disease, the mere sight of water induces convulsions and paralysis, death occurs within 4-5 days.
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