Facts/Notes:
More than 95% of human deaths from rabies occur in Africa and Asia. About 40% of deaths occur in children under the age of 15.[11] Rabies is present in more than 150 countries and on all continents but Antarctica. A number of countries, including Australia and Japan, as well as much of Western Europe, do not have rabies among dogs. Many Pacific islands do not have rabies at all. It is classified as a neglected tropical disease. September 28 is World Rabies Day and marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur's death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.