Which vaccinations do you need for a monkey bite?

Answer 1

It depends if the monkey was wild or in a zoo/pet setting. Usually the vaccines given are Tetanus, and Rabies post-exposure shots. If the animal was in a zoo or pet then chance it has rabies are slim to none. Personally I would forgo the rabies shots. There has never been a reported case in the us of a primate with Rabies. The monkey would have to exposed to rabies first just as in humans. Tetanus shots are given more so to prevent infection from dirt which may enter the bite area, not so much the actual bite. Really the most important thing when bitten by a monkey, or any animal really, is to keep the bite wound clean, and away from dirt. If the bite wound is severe doctor will prescribe an antibiotic such as Amoxicillin.

If the animal was wild then the risk of carrying disease is slightly higher, but usually people are given the above shots and are fine. Its really not that serious. The only monkey which may potentially carry a virus is macaques who sometimes carry Herpes B. But it is very difficult to transmit, as the animal must be under severe stress to transmit it. Again there has never been a case in the US of macs shedding herpes B in the pet or zoo sector. Only 2 cases in research labs where animals are sometimes under severe stress.

Answer 2

If the monkey cannot be euthanized to check for rabies, it would be safer to get the post-exposure prophylaxis rabies shots. Monkeys will bite for a number of reasons, and rabies is one of them. Without vaccination, the fatality rate for rabies in humans is just shy of 100% - there has been a single person who survived (a teenager in the United States, the drug regimen is called the Milwaukee protocol) and that individual is several years out of the hospital and still not back to the same mental capacity as before.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Nope