Infectious Disease Specialist Questions Rabies

Am I at risk of rabies?

I recently went to scout camp for 3 days and I have to sit on the floor, I also have to reuse my uniform (3 times) and the toilet is very dirty and unhygienic, I also only bath once on the second day, about 20 minutes after the swimming activity (More info in last line), The clothes I use consists of 3 sweat pants and 3 T-shirts, and 1 uniform. I reused the uniform but it didn't totally dried up, I used 1 sweat pant as an evening outfit, as pajamas and as exercising outfit for the next day, and put it into the plastic bags, there's no equipment to wash clothes

More Information:

The camp is on a mountainside in Thailand where there's whole lots of dogs, and many dogs in Thailand are also rabid (About 10%)

The concrete floor is dry, dirt floor isn't

I stored my used clothes in a sealed plastic bags and the uniform in another plastic bags (which I reused 1 of my underwear)

The temperature is about 21–33C

There are also many dogs in the camp area and they walk past the group many times, but they didn't look aggressive, I forgot what they look like

This concerns me the most: I have 5–6 cuts (no bleeding or little bleeding) in my legs and one of the activities involves swimming and splashing water (in a pond) I don't know if it's chlorinated or not but it's exposed to sunlight, but the water looks green, I swam in it with normal cloth which is put into used cloth bag (which is where the underwear I reuse is) This also wets my shoes

The tent I sleep in is closed, with 1 fan, some windows (which didn't reach the 2 clothes bags and it's closed) and no air conditioning. I only get to sleep for about 5 hours/day

Is there any chances I'm at risk of rabies or other Infectious diseases? (if any - please also tell me)

Please answer this ASAP, I'm so anxious and can't sleep because of this

Please also provide a detailed explanation for each of your researches

Thank you.

Male | 14 years old

2 Answers

I think you are being very careful which is excellent. I would be sure to wear bug spray (to avoid any insect bites) and do not approach any of these dogs, as you are doing. I doubt that they are cared for with rabies vaccines. If you sustain any sort of a bite, you should immediately request medical attention and presume that whatever wound you have will require oral antibiotics (most likely) and post exposure prophylaxis (prevention) injections for rabies. I think IF the scratches are healing, you are probably OK; if not you should seek medical attention. If you have access to antimicrobial soap, chlorhexidine gluconate, it's pink and doesnt lather well, may want to use that after a regular soapy shower and rinse it off. It has residual antimicrobial properties so even though your skin is dry, it still keeps working.
Thanks for the question. None of this puts you at any risk of rabies. The cuts may have been exposed to bacteria, however. If any of those areas turns red, see a doctor immediately. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>