Question

Rabies is a deadly disease that progresses rapidly. What type of treatment would be best for a person who has not been vaccinated for rabies and has been bitten by a raccoon with rabies?

Answer 1

You should be injected with rabies antibodies as soon as possible

Answer 2

The correct answer would be "the treatment should include the administration of ready-made antibodies against rabies".

When a person has not been vaccinated against particular pathogen or toxin, then passive immunity is given to the person infected with that particular pathogen or toxin.

Passive immunity is a type of immunity in which ready-made antibodies are administered in the body of the person. It can be natural such as observed when antibodies from mother are passed into fetus through the placenta.

Alternatively, the antibodies can be artificially injected into the patient's body in case of infection such as rabies or snake bite et cetera.