The symptoms of rabies usually develop within 20-60 days after a bite or scratch from an animal infected with the rabies virus. The incubation period is the time between the exposure and the appearance of the first neurologic symptoms. The incubation period is usually shorter when the sight of exposure is closer to the brain. The initial symptoms may be a general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness, nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, depression, loss of appetite, fever, chills, cough, sore throat, headache, nausea, vomiting, and pain at the site of exposure. Serious neurological symptoms usually present themselves two to ten days after the initial symptoms.
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Vaccination after exposure, PEP, is highly successful in preventing the disease if administered promptly, in general within six days of infection