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Can i get rabies from clealing a bowl a stary cat salvated in . i feed this stray cat every day and it started hissing at me , it might have rabies . ?
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See below: The virus transmission is mainly through the bite and virus-containing saliva of an infected host. Transmission has been rarely documented via other routes such as contamination of mucous membranes (i.e., eyes, nose, mouth), aerosol transmission, and corneal and organ transplantation with saliva of infected animal
Answered 6/10/2015
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