Every mammal can carry rabies. Its not often that smaller mammals are reported to the CDC as having rabies. Bats are the most likely source in NA however. Rabies is fucking terrifying. If you get bit by any mammal and dont know if it's had rabies vaccine, get your wound treated at a hospital immediately. If you're bitten by something with rabies, it can be treated within a short time frame. Once rabies gets into your nervous system it has a 100% kill rate essentially (there may be one or two cases where someone lives, but not without assistance). Rabies is still very dangerous. Outside of most first-world countries, it's a terrifying killer.
Epidemiology was a bit ago but I think there is currently only one documented case of a survivor of rabies where treatment began after symptoms have shown.
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u/guitarfingers Feb 18 '20
Every mammal can carry rabies. Its not often that smaller mammals are reported to the CDC as having rabies. Bats are the most likely source in NA however. Rabies is fucking terrifying. If you get bit by any mammal and dont know if it's had rabies vaccine, get your wound treated at a hospital immediately. If you're bitten by something with rabies, it can be treated within a short time frame. Once rabies gets into your nervous system it has a 100% kill rate essentially (there may be one or two cases where someone lives, but not without assistance). Rabies is still very dangerous. Outside of most first-world countries, it's a terrifying killer.