Rabies is a rare viral infection that affects the central nervous system, and is most often spread to humans through the bite of an infected animal. (havebabywilltravel.com)
Rabies (and rabies virus, its causative agent) is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected animal into muscle tissue of the new host. (sciencedaily.com)
The rabies virus, transmitted largely through the bites of infected animals, has evolved over thousands of years to hijack nerve cells, which it uses to climb from infected muscle tissue into the brain. (sciencemag.org)