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Can insect get rabies virus by biting rabid animal?

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Less likely. Dog has rabies virus in saliva initially and then in nervous tissue. When insect bites a dog, it will not carry virus unless insect bite is in dog's mouth that is not likely. The virus has to be carried outside of the body of insect as anything going in stomach will be digested. read more

Less likely. Dog has rabies virus in saliva initially and then in nervous tissue. When insect bites a dog, it will not carry virus unless insect bite is in dog’s mouth that is not likely. read more

Inhalation of aerosolized rabies virus is also a potential non-bite route of exposure, but except for laboratory workers, most people won’t encounter an aerosol of rabies virus. Other contact, such as petting a rabid animal or contact with the blood, urine or feces of a rabid animal, does not constitute an exposure. read more

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