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Certain bite risk

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rabies

(Other definitions for rabies that I've seen before include "Viral disease carried by, eg, dogs" , "Disease transmitted through saliva" , "Name of disease from Serbia in 26 Down" , "Fatal virus disease affecting dogs" , "make you hate water!" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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