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Can you get rabies from a cat scratch? the cat was from the street in sofia, bulgaria. i have rabies symptoms for 24 days and symptoms started at the 4th day after the scratch. i'm currently hospitalized and doctors do not suspect it as it is rare?
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The rabies virus is present in saliva of rabid animals including cat and is transmitted mostly by bites. And Incubation period inhuman averages 1 to 3 months.
Answered 1/16/2023
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