Rabies transmission from person to person

There are many ways for rabies to be transmitted, mainly through saliva. Animals lick the wound after scratching people, or the animals themselves carry the rabies virus, and direct scratches will be directly transmitted through blood secretions. Human-to-human transmission is also through secretions, so after rabies occurs, isolation is required for a short period of time.

1. Infection caused by bites or scratches on the skin or licking of mucous membranes by dogs or other animals. Rabies virus invades the nerves through wounds and mucous membranes and causes disease. This is the main mode of infection.

2. Infection caused by accidentally pricking the hands during slaughtering or skinning.

3. Infection through the digestive tract. Animals that died of rabies are buried underground and frozen in the winter. They are then dug out by wild dogs or other animals, which eat their meat and infect them with rabies.