I am thinking about the two grizzly bears at our local zoo that had to be killed in the 90’s because one of them scratched a child who jumped into their caged area. They could then confirm that neither animal had rabies.
Why is there not a more novel way to test for rabies? And why can’t the human be tested for it?
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Once you as a human show the first symptoms of having rabies YOU ARE DEAD. There is 100% chance of dead and there is nothing that can be done at that point.
About detection from [WHO (World Health Organization)](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies)
>Current diagnostic tools are not suitable for detecting rabies infection before the onset of clinical disease.
So you can have it and we can’t tell until it’s too late to do anything about it.
As for why we need to kill the animal? We need to check their brain for the virus.
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