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If there is no wound or broken skin by a dog bite, will you get rabies from it?

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Dr. Robert Fietsam answered

Specializes in Surgery - Thoracic

Wash well.: The virus is in the saliva. If no skin entry then safe, unless you rub it into your eyes or spreads from your skin to your mouth. The infected skin must be washed very well to avoid accidental mucosal transfer.

Answered 9/10/2015

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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 7/16/2017

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