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My question is about indirect exposure to rabies virus. 10 days ago I ran with my car over a roadkill (cat), in a relatively isolated region, 2-3 km away from a village. After 2-3 minutes, I get off the car and I accidentally touched the bottom of the car with my leg. After that, I remembered I scratched my leg, on the same day, 5-6 hours before the incident. Now I am in panic, thinking somehow I were in contact with rabies virus, if the dead animal was rabid and if there were infectious tissue on the car surface. I live in a country in which rabies is endemic in the wild animals and sporadic in the domestic ones. Also, in my country, pep is offered only after a direct contact with an animal, bite or lick (on wound, scratch etc) my situation was an atypical one, there was not direct contact with the dead animal and the scratch was preexistent (a few hours old scratch). What is the likelihood/odds to contract the virus in such a way? Are my worries justified or I just have a mental problem? Now I am obsessed with rabies, I can t function properly. Thank you in advance for your answer. (and sorry for my poor english).
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Hi, rabies will not come until you directly gets in contact with the dogs saliva or blood through your broken skin or your saliva. And scratched in the sense. The skin should have been lost and then underlying layer should be seen like exposed.in your case you no need to worry.
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