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Hi i was bitten by a cat. i got my first anti rabies vaccines and scheduled for 4 other vaccines. does that mean if i completed the vac im free rabies?

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Dr. Marybeth Lambe answered

Specializes in Travel Medicine

Clarification: If concern for rabies is at stake i assume your 1st shot was human rabies Immune Globulin (hrig) which gives immediate antibodies until body can respond to vaccine by actively producing antibodies itself. On the same day you would also receive your first rabies series vaccine. Newer reccomendations are that three more doses normally given unless immune suppressed. Yes, to keep you well and safe.

Answered 6/30/2014

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