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Can rabies trasmit from person to person
In my office one person feed stray animals . I sit with him . He is completely fine today . So can i get rabies if he ever got scratches or bit by animal in past or future. So he can be in incubation period and his saliva contain rabies virus and because we sit together can i also get rabies through him ?
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NO!. you cannot contract rabies like that. Kindly do not ostracise the person at the workplace
You can instead advise him that in case he gets scratched or bit by a dog he/she should go for rabies vaccination and complete the course of vaccines.
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Dr. Anwar Hussain
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Take Precautions like avoid touches
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