In his blog
HIV and ID Observations, Dr. Paul Sax revisits the question of whether to immunize for “bat-in-the-bedroom” exposures.
Current U.S. guidelines recommend both the rabies vaccine and rabies immune globulin for individuals who awake to find a bat in their room. But will this measure actually reduce the already-low number of rabies cases in this country? Maybe not, Dr. Paul Sax argues in his blog HIV and ID Observations.