Can dog saliva on an RO water filter cause rabies?

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As per the description you gave, there is little reason to worry. Rabies gets transmitted by bites, scratches, and in case if licks in wounded, open areas from animals infected with rabies. By your narrative, the dog was touched and seemed to be a pet dog, which might have been vaccinated. Even if not vaccinated, the dog does not appear to be rabid. Assuming, in an unlikely scenario, the dog does have rabies infection, and the dog did not bite or scratch, or wound-licked the owner or you. It is highly unlikely to transmit rabies through saliva into RO (reverse osmosis) water purifier.

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As per the WHO (world health organization), People are usually infected following a deep bite or scratch from an animal infected with rabies, which is, in 99 % of the cases, a dog. Transmission can also occur if the saliva of infected animals comes into direct contact with mucosa (For example, eyes or mouth) or fresh skin wounds. Contraction of rabies through inhalation of virus-containing aerosols or transplantation of infected organs has been described, but is extremely rare. You have little or no chance of contracting rabies from the dog as the mode you mentioned does not support its transmission.

Most importantly, the dog needs to be rabid and unvaccinated. Please confirm with the shopkeeper once so that you are not always under self-suspicion. For general rabies protection, take the following recommended pre-exposure prophylaxis dosages of rabies vaccine. Two 1.0 mL doses of rabies vaccine are given IM, one injection per day, on days 0 and 7 in the deltoid area of adults.

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If you have taken ARV (anti-rabies vaccine) doses, please send pictures of the vaccination records. If you are vaccinated, you are unlikely to be needing to worry about the dog's vaccination status.

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Since you stated that you had taken all doses of rabies vaccination, there is no need to worry. As far as changing the filter is concerned, you may do as you, please. There is minimal or no risk of such a transmission, based on the information provided till now.

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