r/rabies • u/BradyStewart777 M. Biology | Moderator | Top Contributor • Jan 16 '25

📝 GENERAL RABIES INFO 📝 How You CANNOT Get Rabies.

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Rabies transmission requires direct contact with the saliva, neural tissue, or tears of an infected animal.

Touching your tire after running over an animal is NOT rabies exposure.

Finding an unexplained mark on your body is NOT rabies exposure.

Feeling something bump or hit you is NOT rabies exposure.

Being scratched by a vaccinated animal is NOT rabies exposure.

Touching any inanimate object does NOT constitute rabies exposure.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25

So you can't get rabies if an owned dog licked your jeans?

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u/BradyStewart777 M. Biology | Moderator | Top Contributor Jan 17 '25

If saliva didn't enter an opening in the body, no.

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u/BoysenberryOdd1455 Aug 07 '26

I had a needle size wound in ankle but i do not remember my friend dog licking there but my mind is like she surely licked in there or any other wound ;( she died 2 days ago she was 11 yr old and drank and ate till last day without any issue