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If a person passes nearby a dead body of dog, wolf etc on road does he has chances of catching rabies or it is just spread by bite?
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Dear lybrateuser, - There is no chance of catching rabies if a person just passed by a dead body of dog or other carrier animals, it spreads by bite or lick of an infected animal through its saliva which enters a human body through a interrupted skin wound.
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