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Suggest Vaccination To Be Followed As My Pet Licked On My Wound

my pet dog licked my wound on 1 st April 2012 around 10 : 30 pm i have taken 1st dose of Rabipur on 2 nd April 9:00 pm 2nd dose on 3 rd day and 3rd dose on 7th day and 4 th dose on 14 day due to miss calculation i had taken my 5th dose on 21 st day not in 28 th day.. is there any problem with vaccination ... my pet is healthy having no change in behavior.... one more thing last week on 30 th April 2012 again i was encounter with street dog whom i accidently i walked on his tail dog ran away i am not sure whether he bite or licked me . do i need to get rabipur vaccination once again . Please help i am very much worried
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Hello and thank you for your question. You are probably not at much risk. If you are concerned there are two things you can do. You can ask your doctor to get a rabies titer. This is to make sure that you still have antibodies against rabies in your system from the last set of vaccinations. You could also get a booster of the rabies vaccine. You would not need to whole series, just a one shot booster. People who are at high risk of contacting rabies will get a booster vaccine about every two years.
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Suggest Vaccination To Be Followed As My Pet Licked On My Wound

Hello and thank you for your question. You are probably not at much risk. If you are concerned there are two things you can do. You can ask your doctor to get a rabies titer. This is to make sure that you still have antibodies against rabies in your system from the last set of vaccinations. You could also get a booster of the rabies vaccine. You would not need to whole series, just a one shot booster. People who are at high risk of contacting rabies will get a booster vaccine about every two years. Thank you for using HCM