Rabies vaccine?

[brewsterbudgen]

Following the distressing death of a British women from rabies, months after being slightly scratched by a puppy in Morocco, has anyone had a preventative rabies shot, and if so, how often does it need to be boosted?  Have there been many cases of rabies in animals in Thailand?

 

Scary stuff.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/18/person-dies-of-rabies-in-yorkshire-after-contact-with-dog-in-morocco

[Hummin]

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Following the distressing death of a British women from rabies, months after being slightly scratched by a puppy in Morocco, has anyone had a preventative rabies shot, and if so, how often does it need to be boosted?  Have there been many cases of rabies in animals in Thailand?

 

Scary stuff.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/18/person-dies-of-rabies-in-yorkshire-after-contact-with-dog-in-morocco

 

Norwegian woman 

 

I haven't got it yet, but been thinking about it since this incident. 

 

Nobody linked her symptoms to rabies back in Norway getting sick long time after the contact with the puppy, wich only gave her small scratches due to Norwegian media.

 

A Norwegian woman has died after contracting rabies from a stray puppy in the Philippines.

 

Birgitte Kallestad, 24, was on holiday with friends when they found the puppy on a street, her family said in a statement.

 

The puppy is thought to have infected her when it bit her after they took it back to their resort

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48226676

 

 

 

[brewsterbudgen]

Presumably, one can just make an appointment at any major hospital in Thailand and get a rabies vaccination?  I

 

If unvaccinated, how quickly can you get treatment after an incident?  With an incubation period of months, it would have to be a fairly serious bite as most people would ignore a small scratch!  

[scubascuba3]

i wouldn't bother with booster, you need injections if you get bitten again anyway