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Is it true that the incubation of rabies cld b up to 25 years or more? this article in the internet makes me anxious. i hope someone could explain it

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Dr. Susan Rhoads answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

It is not certain: The case is based on a man dying of rabies, & reporting a dog bite 25 years earlier. The idea that the virus was latent all that time is, as they clearly say, a "tentative" one, which means 'maybe'. In the next paragraph,read that rabies can be transmitted by other methods, too. If you fear rabies, and live or work in high-risk areas or with animals, there is a vaccine. http://tinyurl.com/lyq3a49

Answered 6/6/2017

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