{"id":6389,"date":"2024-07-23T08:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/blue-ridge\/?page_id=6389"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:40:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:40:33","slug":"what-is-considered-an-exposure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/blue-ridge\/what-is-considered-an-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Considered an Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Health defines a rabies exposure as \u201cany circumstance where wet saliva or central nervous system tissue from a rabid or suspected rabid animal did have, or may have had, direct contact with mucous membranes or a break in the skin of a domestic animal.\u201d Since the rabies vaccine is not 100% effective, all mammals, including pets, can potentially carry the rabies virus (RABV).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>How is rabies transmitted?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bite exposure<\/strong>:\u00a0breaking of the skin by teeth of an animal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-bite exposure<\/strong>:\u00a0contamination of open wounds, abrasions, mucous membranes (eyes, mouth, nose), or scratches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Health defines a rabies exposure as \u201cany circumstance where wet saliva or central nervous system tissue from a rabid or suspected rabid animal did have, or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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