My father was bitten by a stray dog on March 29. He was immediately rushed to a doctor and within two hours administered a toxide and the first rabipur. He has had four rabipur administered so far. Last week, the said dog died. Shall we continue with the existing treatment or change course? Please advice.

Dr. Prabir BrahmachariGeneral Physician36yrs exp

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For all practical purposes we consider the fog had rabies and it died of that. We need not have proof of it. Hence he should complete the entire course if the vaccine as has been advised ny your doctor if in doubt you may consult an infectious disease specialist or an md physician. This us urgent. 

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Dr. Subhash TiwariGeneral Physician42yrs exp

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As the dog is dead, but after about 1 month of biting your father, meaning it could not have been rabied at the time of bite in all probability, because mostly a rabied dog never survives beyond 10 days of active rabies in the body. As 4 doses of anti rabies vaccine are already administered I do not think there is any risk of the disease. Still for the sake of safety the 28 day and 90 day scheduled doses should be taken. 

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