RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A viral infectious disease that results in inflammation located in brain or located in spinal cord, has_material_basis_in Rabies virus, which is transmitted by bite of an infected animal, or transmitted by contact of mucous membranes with saliva of an infected animal. The infection has symptom fever, has symptom headache, has symptom prickling or itching sensation at the site of bite, has symptom anxiety, has symptom confusion, has symptom agitation, has symptom delirium, has symptom difficulty swallowing, has symptom hydrophobia, and has symptom paralysis. (DO)