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Does touching things which might have come in contact of rats and eating food without washing hand can spread rabies infection?
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Rabies is not spread this way
It needs to enter through skin by bite, scratch , abrasion etc
But the history u mentioned is not hygienic and it can cause many other diseases
So please follow proper hygiene
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Not necessarily rabies.... But skin problem can occur as rats r very unhygienic
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Dr. Soudip Saha
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5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
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Dr. Anshul Mahajan
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No sir
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Dr. Narmada Bhargavi
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Chennai
Rabies will not spread by touch...only if there is contact with blood( by open wounds or mucous membranes like mouth and eyes )...infection spreads
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