Eating fruits or vegetables bitten by some animal can spread rabies infection?

Dr. Shobhit TandonGeneral Physician9yrs exp

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NO. The rabies virus is spread through contact with the saliva from an infected animal. If a rabid animal contaminated a fruit or vegetable with its saliva, a person could theoretically get rabies if they ate the fruit or vegetable shortly after it was contaminated, but there is no evidence that this has ever happened to anyone. The virus only lives up to a few hours outside a host if it can remain in moist saliva. The virus is not viable if the saliva dries or if the saliva is diluted or altered by some other fluid like the juices in a fruit or vegetable. If you pick the food a day before you eat it or trim out the portions that were eaten, there is no risk of rabies.  

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Dr. Jayvirsinh ChauhanHomeopath11yrs exp

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Yes it may.  

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Dr. Pulak MukherjeeHomeopath8yrs exp

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No it cannot, but it can be harmful for your health.  

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Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician33yrs exp

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No Eating fruits or vegetables bitten by some animal cannot spread rabies infection and it is spread only bite of an infected rabid animal 

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