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Vaccines and reportable diseases
A practice question in the style of the MCCQE MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A woman wakes to find a bat in her bedroom. She has no visible bite. What is the most appropriate action?
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The answer is A: Rabies prophylaxis.
Bat bites can be tiny. A bat in the room of a sleeping person warrants rabies immune globulin and vaccine, guided by public health.
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