rabies

Boys show off their four-legged friends at a rabies vaccination drive set up by the Serengeti Health Initiative in the Bariadi District of Tanzania. Anna Czupryna/Courtesy of Serengeti Health Initiative hide caption

Do you know what the deadliest disease is? Hint: It's not Ebola (viral particles seen here in a digitally colorized microscopic image, at top right, along with similar depictions of other contagious diseases) NPR Composite/CDC hide caption

Vampire bats are common in Central and South America, where they feed on livestock and sometimes people. Michael & Patricia Fogden/Corbis hide caption

Is this the flight to Hartsfield? Alexei Zaycev/iStockphoto.com hide caption

Around the world, bites from dogs infected with rabies are the most common way for humans to become infected. CDC hide caption