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Is it possible to get rabie when walked in the rain with sandals and found a tiny cut on a toe, there are raccoons in the neighborhood ?

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Highly unlikely,: unless you actually confronted a racoon.

Answered 7/24/2017

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not possible: Rabies is not transmitted from a raccoon through blood, urine, feces or petting it. It is transmitted by saliva - if an infected raccoon bites you or licks its claw and scratches you. There are some other VERY RARE modes of transmission.

Answered 6/30/2020

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