Rabies risk among travellers

Canadian Medical Association. Journal | February 26, 2008| | Copyright

How do you get rabies?

Rabies is a preventable, deadly disease transmitted through contact with an infected warm-blooded animal. Most often people are bitten, but in some cases they may have a non-bite exposure to the saliva of a rabid animal, for example through licks on broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose or mouth, or scratches that break the skin. Although extremely rare, rabies may occur after exposure to aerosolized rabies virus in a cave filled with infected bats.

In developing countries, dogs remain the main source of rabies, with monkeys the second most common source. In ...

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