Am I possibly infected with rabies virus?!

Question: Am I possibly infected with rabies virus?

Hi! I just have a one question, and I hope someone could please answer this. I was playing with my dog and then my dog has scratched me near on my left arm wrist, but my dog didn't bite me. That happened just today and I think it was 7 hours ago. The scratch is only little and there's no blood. But I can feel there's a very little pain in it. I immediately stopped playing with my dog after that and I washed the scratched part with soap & water and put some disinfectant (Isopropyl Alcohol) on it. My dog has been injected with anti-rabies last year (2010) and the guy who has injected my dog with that anti-rabies said that my dog should have an anti-rabies injection again this year but I haven’t done that yet. My dog is only 1 year and 2 months old and I have no other pets. My real concern is, should I see a Doctor and get myself injected with anti-rabies? Thank you.

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No...U r fine...
Similar incident happened to me, but doctor told nothing to worry...
But make sure you vaccinate your dog properly without fail...

Personal experience..

your dog needs to get his shots, but he's probably still immune to rabies, if he had rabies he would bite you, and you can only get the virus from being bitten, eating infected flesh or organ transplant. a dog cant tranmit the virus in the saliva until 2-3 weeks before it dies of the virus, and it would show symptoms in a week or less if it was capable of transmitting rabies. and pet rabies shots last longer than a year in reality, but just up date his shots

are you foaming from the mouth..? if yes, you have a problem. if not, I'm sure it was nothing especially since it didn't bite you.

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Am I possibly infected with rabies virus?!

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