1) "What about rabies shots? If the biting animal tests positive for rabies (or if the biting animal can’t be found), you will need to get the rabies vaccine (medicine) as soon as possible. DON’T WORRY; it’s not twenty shots in the stomach anymore. Today, the rabies vaccine has only 5-7 shots in the arm and the butt. The shots are spread out on different days, and they help your body fight the rabies virus, so you don’t catch the disease. If you get the shots started in time (usually within 7 - 10 days), you shouldn’t catch the virus at all. Your body fights it off. Without the treatment, a person bitten by a rabid animal will probably die." Source and further information: http://pelotes.jea.com/rabies.htm 2) "Although the two brands of vaccine available in the U.S. are prepared in different ways, both of them are made from inactivated, or killed, virus. Both types are considered equally safe and effective. The vaccine is given in the deltoid muscle as a series of 3-5 shots." Source and further information: http://www.vaccineinformation.org/rabies/qandavax.asp 3) "The pre-exposure schedule for rabies vaccination is 3 doses, given at the following times: Dose 1: As appropriate Dose 2: 7 days after Dose 1 Dose 3: 21 days or 28 days after Dose 1" "Vaccination After an Exposure Anyone who has been bitten by an animal, or who otherwise may have been exposed to rabies, should clean the wound and see a doctor immediately. The doctor will determine if they need to be vaccinated. A person who is exposed and has never been vaccinated against rabies should get 4 doses of rabies vaccine - one dose right away, and additional doses on the 3rd, 7th, and 14th days. They should also get another shot called Rabies Immune Globulin at the same time as the fi rst dose. A person who has been previously vaccinated should get 2 doses of rabies vaccine - one right away and another on the 3rd day. Rabies Immune Globulin is not needed." Source and further information: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-rabies.pdf http://www.pasteur.ac.ir/researchDepartment/Rabies/history.htm