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Do you need to get the rabies shots if you were close to a bat it never landed on me. i pushed a dead tree down and it was hiding under the bark where i pushed. i dispatched it with a long stick. i was vaccinated 5years ago. freaking out so sorry?
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No need for revaccination because you did not have any direct close contact with bat. Transmission of the virus requires a break in the skin by the teeth of rabid animal or contamination of scratches, abrasions, or mucous membranes with saliva of rabid animal.
Answered 5/3/2023
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