could rabies virus be spreaded between people?

[Robin0329]

Dear Doctor, I have been paranoid for a long time,.Last week I went to the clinic for a rabies vaccination. it was the last shot(the fifth) of my treatment course. The thing that bothers me is that during the  injection, the nurse did not wear  the respirator and she   coughed. the needle was very close to her mouth, and I was very worried that it would have been polluted by her saliva. do the nurse belong to high risk group of rabies? If very unlucky that she is a potencial patient in her latent period, do I   have a risk of getting rabies? And since I have already taken the rabies vaccine, do you think the antibody would help to clear the virus? Any cases that the could rabies virus  be spreaded from people? Thnaks very much!!!!!!!! since there is no way for a rabies test, do you think antibody test would help to prove that I did not get rabies??

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
Drinking coffee during the period of vaccination has not been known to have an effect as well as not a contraindication either. Hope this helps.  Take care always.

[Robin0329]

thanks very much, one more problems, during the period of vaccine, I have drunk some coffee, is that going to effect the antibody formation ?

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
I understand your concern regarding rabies infection. Transmission of rabies virus usually begins when infected saliva of a host is passed to an uninfected animal. The most common mode of rabies virus transmission is through the bite and virus-containing saliva of an infected host.  In your case, it is unlikely that the nurse herself is a carrier of the rabies virus especially if there is no history of  any bite or exposure to a virus. Take care and regards.