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Can many rabies shots in short interval(9 in 4 months)result in opposite way or reduce rabies anti body ? am i safe from rabies with many shot i got

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Dr. Daniel Ziegler answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

You should be: Not sure how your story unfolded but assuming you received 9 injections of the standard human rabies vaccine with 4 days to 1 week between injections you should have adequate immunity.

Answered 3/5/2018

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