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Abstract. Rabies is an acute infectious disease in the central nervous system caused by Lyssavirus. This research was done by cross-sectional approach. Data collection done by interview using questioner. Research population was society in Flores archipelago and the samples were societies who permanently live in research location of four district (East Flores, Sikka, Manggarai and Ende) number 120 people. Result showed that our respondent have moderate knowledge and attitude concerning prevention method, infection, and symptom of rabies. However, most of respondent were lack in practice concerning rabies. This was shown by 50,8% of the respondent were keeping their dog without vaccination, 66,6% did not examine their dog after biting incident, and 41,6% did not agree with counseling. Keywords: knowledge, attitude, practice, rabies Abstrak. Rabies adalah penyakit infeksi akut pada susunan saraf pusat yang disebabkan oleh virus Lyssavirus. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Pengumpulan data dengan cara wawancara menggunakan kuesioner. Populasi penelitian adalah masyarakat di Pulau Flores dan sampelnya adalah masyarakat yang tinggal menetap di 4 kabupaten lokasi penelitian (Kabupaten Flores Timur, Sikka, Manggarai dan Kabupaten Ngada) sebanyak 120 orang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan dan sikap responden dinilai cukup baik terhadap cara pencegahan, penularan, tanda, gejala rabies namun perilaku responden masih kurang baik dalam pemeliharaan anjing dengan tidak melakukan vaksinasi (50,8%), tidak melakukan pemeriksaan anjing jika menggigit (66,6%) dan tidak setuju adanya penyuluhan (41,6%). Kata kunci: pengetahuan, sikap, perilaku, rabies