Eating an infected fruit

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Is there any possibility of contracting rabies after eating a suspected bat-bitten fruit, e.g. guava?

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Dr. Venkat Raghav General Physician 7 yrs exp Bangalore · Accepted Answer

Dr. Venkat Raghav

General Physician 7 yrs exp Bangalore

Hello.... Rabies virus is present salival secretions of rabid dog.. Rabies virus is sensitive to external environment gets inactivated early.. You clean the fruit before eating so no chance of infection.. And most important virus enters blood from surface not from git..

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