Hi, I am 18 years old. A day ago a puppy licked my hands and my fingernails I am worrying that I may get rabies. Can the virus enter inside my body through the gap between Nails and the skin of my finger that is the cuticles. I had no open wounds or scratches. Do I need a vaccination? The puppy seemed perfectly normal.

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