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Guinea pigs and rabies
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My guinea pig bit me on my finger a week ago, I have taken the full anti rabies dose in January 2021, should I take a booster dose??
My guinea pig is alive after 10 days so should I take a booster dose??pls help.
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Finger bite is always dangerous. Guinea pig is a rodent. So it can transmit Rabies. 10 months is too long a period. You should have taken 2 doses of Rabipur. You mentioned that Guinea pig is still alive after 10 days. So it means that you were bitten more than 10 days earlier. It is a bit late now. By this delay a proper advice is a problem. But you should take 2 doses of Rabipur , with a gap of 3 days.
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Guinea pig are not known to get rabies or transmit it to humans.
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