These wounds are not a matter of concern,if u r worried about rabies. Rabies virus is very sensitive to body fluids and doesnot remain alive in outside environment. Rabies infection is transmitted by saliva, bite exposure from any rabid dog or other rabid animal as bat, cat,monkey,etc. Non bite spread is rarely seen,which depends on time of exposure to saliva or licking or infected materials on scratch fresh wound. In your case,the wound is older,which means even if the water was infected with rabies,than it didnot get access to your body fluids. So rabies infection can't spread inside you. If you are concerned very much about it,than you may check for blood for rabies antigen, direct immunofluorescence study of skin biopsy from your old wound for further confirmation. Let me know your reports,if you find rabies antigen. Take care.
Answered2016-05-25 03:10:40
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