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Do mice spread rabies?

After I rinse my mouth in the morning and eat the tomato eaten by mice, My gums often bleed,can I be infected with rabies?
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1415174 tn?1453243103
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I have never heard of it. The Centers for Disease Control say animals like mice "almost never' spread rabies. So I think you are safe. Usuallly you get rabies by a bite also.
See link below. You can talk to a doctor to confirm if you are still worried though.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html

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thank you !
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