Electronic_Health22 t1_iujhwp7 wrote
Rabies doesn't typically stay latent in your body for years. When it's treated, it's treated.
All immunity wanes over time. If you've been treated with rabies immune globulin and vaccine after you were exposed, the immunities generated last, in general, for several years. There isn't any good long-term data on this since it's so rare but I would think that over time, antibody titers go down and upon re-exposure, we would just treat the patient the same way as if they were initially exposed. Some studies here:
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