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A member asked:

My wife had a 5 rabies vaccination, and its over now? now, can we have sex without using condoms?

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Dr. Melissa Gowans answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Rabies exposure: Yes. Patients who are undergoing preventative vaccinations against rabies are not able to transmit the virus to others. The vaccine does not contain live virus but rather a killed form of the virus and is non-infectious.

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Answered 5/1/2014

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