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I took a pen from a gaurd playing a street dog i guess he touched the pen after playing with dog the pen touched the dogs mouth can i be exposed rabie?
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Unlikely: Most dogs are immunized against rabies and rabies is rare in pets anyway. Rabies is spread by a break in the skin from an infected animal so if your skin was not penetrated, you have absolutely no worries.
Answered 6/3/2016
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