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There are very few infections which scare me, Rabies is in every sense nasty.
I think that is putting it very, very mildly. Rabies is 100% lethal. And you don´t even have to get bitten to get infected by it.

..actually I can´t right now remember another disease, that is like this.

(Won´t let fear ruin my trip, and I like animals, but in most places I do steer well clear from them, because of this possibility).
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I think that is putting it very, very mildly. Rabies is 100% lethal. And you don´t even have to get bitten to get infected by it.
I actually think it's something like 96%, but yes a nasty piece of work. I've also seen the result of meningitis carrying tigs...

So in general get the vaccinations, it might save your life.

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Ok I feel a need to reiterate on this thread: if you get bitten you MUST get treated even if you've been vaccinated. The only difference is the amount of time you have before the window expires. If you have not been vaccinated the treatment window is 24hrs. Rabies is 100% fatal, there has only been one recent recorded case of survival and she never will be right.
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Ok I feel a need to reiterate on this thread: if you get bitten you MUST get treated even if you've been vaccinated. The only difference is the amount of time you have before the window expires. If you have not been vaccinated the treatment window is 24hrs. Rabies is 100% fatal, there has only been one recent recorded case of survival and she never will be right.
That is fact is only half the story. Not only the time in different, also the treatment after the bite is TOTALLY different with or without vaccination. And that just makes all the difference. See post #11 on the complete story.
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I actually think it's something like 96%, but yes a nasty piece of work. I've also seen the result of meningitis carrying tigs...
Even if the death rate is 96% and not 100% (and I dont know which one, perhaps you know better than me) I would still take this thing pretty damn seriously.

Since there seems to be so many medical experts present, may I ask, what other disease could be transmitted by just getting a tiny drop of saliva of an infected animal on the wrong place in your body, and is practically guaranteed to kill you in a very short time? I think Marburg/Ebola-type of viruses might get close, but luckily those outbreaks have not been common.
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Even if the death rate is 96% and not 100% (and I dont know which one, perhaps you know better than me) I would still take this thing pretty damn seriously.

Since there seems to be so many medical experts present, may I ask, what other disease could be transmitted by just getting a tiny drop of saliva of an infected animal on the wrong place in your body, and is practically guaranteed to kill you in a very short time? I think Marburg/Ebola-type of viruses might get close, but luckily those outbreaks have not been common.
True, it does more or less not matter... the last 4% is probably just a abnormality in the studies.

Start by reading Rabies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Rabies vaccine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Rabies virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, I stopped after the main article as I had enough after that.

But from what I gather it transfers by bite (Saliva).



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But from what I gather it transfers by bite (Saliva).
Infected animals saliva is infectious. And that´s not really the same as transferring only by bite, even though getting bitten is probably the most common method, and infected animals tend to bite.

Another important thing to notice here is, that although cases may not be common, rabies can still be found almost all over the planet.
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My initial course was paid for privately but administered free of charge at my doctor (NHS)

They could not fit me in for my boosters (second lot some years later), so I had to go to a NOMAD clinic to get these done!

all have been intra muscular.

back in 1992 I was given some inoculation that had to be injected into my stomach, that was not nice! I think it was for rabies but I am not sure!
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