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The CDC recommends rabies post-exposure prophylaxis when a bat is found in a room with a sleeping person or a young child who cannot reliably report contact, unless testing rules out rabies.
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Is it true that the CDC recommends rabies post-exposure prophylaxis when a bat is found in a room with a sleeping person or a young child who cannot reliably report contact, unless testing rules out rabies?
Partly. One CDC page supports risk-based rabies PEP assessment but never mentions bats found in rooms with sleeping people or young children, while a Canadian committee article recommends bat PEP only after direct contact, which runs against the claim's asserted CDC rule. Neither source states the CDC's bat-in-room recommendation itself.
Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 1 against · Last checked
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Nationwide Increase in Reported Human Rabies Exposures: Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis Administration | HAN | CDC. (n.d.). cdc.gov. https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/notices/han00533.html
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Exposure to bats: updated recommendations - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091293
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