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Docs, wanted to know if i can get lyssa virus after drinking from a water fountain that was underneath some trees?

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Rabies transmission : Rabies is contracted from the animal bite of an infected mammal. About one in 1000 human cases is from an animal scratch-- since animals sometimes lick their paws, and saliva is the infectious material. Rabies virus cannot survive outside of an animal - so u can't get it from a drinking fountain. There are "occult" rabies exposures -usually bat scratches that are not reported: 1 in 100 million

Answered 7/15/2014

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