Does Rabies Virus Survive in snow? When I Install Tyre Chain On My vehicle I get Some scratches on my hand, at this place were snow, it is possible to get rabies if here were some dogs before?

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The virus also is readily destroyed by bleach, ultraviolet light, and/ or heat. Live rabies virus will not survive for more than 24 hours in dead animals when temperatures reach 70 oF. However, the virus will survive for extended periods at low or freezing temperatures. You cannot get rabies by the mere fact there were dogs in the place where you stood. You get infected by the bite by rabid dog or any rabid animal and not by nay other contact with a dog (unless it is not affected and the saliva enters your body.  

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