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Sir accidentally i got touched by the teeth of a street dog. i dont know if it was rabid or not.i want to know if i can get infected by rabies or not?
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Get the vaccine: get the vaccine, currently only five doses, if you weren't immunised before, better as well get rabies immunoglobulin together with the vaccine, gooluck
Answered 11/21/2014
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