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What Are The Chances Of Contracting Rabies After Kicking A Dog?

I accidentalye kick the dog chin , when i look to the part of my foot that hit the dog , that is no scrach or bite or blood, i ignore for 17 days but i think to much that i have dog rabies, so i decide to go hospital , but when they see my record i already complete vaccine so they only give me two shot, my question is is still safe even after 17 days?
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Since you have no scratch nor a bite or blood there is no change that you can get dog rabies.

The rabies virus is part of the family of Rhabdoviridae and is transmited only though a bite from an infected animal (dog, bat etc) and there is no other way of transmission from animal to human.

Since you have been vaccinated against rabies and got another boost dose and that the transmission of disease is only through wound the chances of being infected with rabies are 0.

I hope you got the information you wanted. For any other question feel free to contact me again.
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What Are The Chances Of Contracting Rabies After Kicking A Dog?

Thank you fot using Heathcare magic Since you have no scratch nor a bite or blood there is no change that you can get dog rabies. The rabies virus is part of the family of Rhabdoviridae and is transmited only though a bite from an infected animal (dog, bat etc) and there is no other way of transmission from animal to human. Since you have been vaccinated against rabies and got another boost dose and that the transmission of disease is only through wound the chances of being infected with rabies are 0. I hope you got the information you wanted. For any other question feel free to contact me again.