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A member asked:
Month ago my daughter got scratched by a cat should i be worried about rabies now? someone was talking about it to me and i hadn't given it thought ?
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Month ago no: 40% of cats carry bartonella henselae bacteria , will infect humans , cause fever malaise , generalized lymph node enlargement with in 10 days , called 'cat scratch fever' requiring antibiotic treatment , now one month you don't have to worry.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Probably not...: While rabies is certainly transmissible from cats to humans, it generally requires an ill cat bite not scratch. The infected saliva of an infected animal transmits the rabies virus through injured skin, thereby "inoculating" the victim. Incubation of rabies in a human after exposure is 1-3 months typically. I would be much more concerned about the possibility of cat scratch disease.
Answered 9/7/2013
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