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I and my wife ate food licked by a dog by accidentally. Do we need to get vaccination? Over the internet I read : "The�rabies�virus is present in the saliva of an infected animal and is usually transmitted by a bite. Rabies�may also be transmitted if infectious material (such as saliva) of the infected animal enters a wound or mucous membrane such as the eyes, nose or mouth. Here it says that it may also get transmitted by infectious material (such as saliva), enters wound, eyes, nose or mouth, that's why I am a bit worried here.
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Do not worry at all as food even contaminated with saliva of a rabid animal virus shall not survive in gastrointestinal tract. No need to get vaccination.
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