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I was bitten by a monkey in my childhood, 20 yrs ago. can i get rabies or herpes simian b virus after 20 years due to that bite?
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Almost no chance: There are a very few cases of delayed rabies in the international literature, although the exposure history is uncertainly documented. see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424805/ Human infection by herpes simian b virus is even rarer and there is no evidence that it lies dormant, but that disease appears within 2 days to 5 weeks from exposure. See https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/m
Answered 10/21/2018
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