Can human bite cause rabies?
Yes, most definitely, if the person biting has contracted rabies. As in animals, the virus is found in saliva of humans who are rabid. Therefore, a person who develops rabies (from a rabid animal bite) can certainly transmit rabies by biting a fellow human or an animal. How is the diagnosis made? There was a time when the brain of the infected animal was microscopically examined for Negri bodies (intra cellular inclusions diagnostic of rabies) but modern diagnostic technique today uses fluorescent antibody test and virus isolation. If bitten by a pet, what has to be done? If the biting pet dog or cat has no exposure to a rabid animal and it has no symptoms, it is recommended that the pet be confined and observed by a veterinarian (if practical) for ten days. If the animal remains healthy, it means it was not rabid at the time of the bite. If the pet develops symptoms, it should be sacrificed right away and its brain examined immediately, because it must be proved that the animal was no
