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2025-09-06 03:34:03
My sister has got a scratch from a dog yesterday and before she took rabies vaccine, her girl, who is 5yrs old ate her leftover. Should the child take vaccine for rabies??
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No human to human transmission of rabies recorded even after bite - though you say transmission through mixing of saliva of mother and then baby got rabies infection- another issue there is incubation period of rabies infection to transmit

Answered2025-09-08 18:13:03

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Answered2025-09-06 08:48:38

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