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How longer time rabies virus can live on dry place? Does it live for 5 minutes or above. Do I take vaccine without bite or exposure?
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The virus is actually quite fragile, and can survive only 10 to 20 minutes in direct sunlight, but may live for up to two hours in saliva on an animal's coat. It is readily inactivated by heat, sunlight, detergent and disinfectants.
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