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Scratched by a cat 1months ago, cat was fine for 1month then she disappeared.npin pointlike cut mark / scratch found, can rabies transmit 2 me?

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Dr. Howard Swidler answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Not likely: while rabies can be spread by a cat scratch, though not typical, and incubation time can be long, it is dependent on location of injury as the virus spread backwards up the nerves to the brain. You can't much closer to the brain than near your eye. You would be likely be ill (or worse) by now.

Answered 6/28/2014

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Dr. answered

Rabies: Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/index.html

Answered 9/25/2016

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