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Doctor I live in siddarthnagar in Uttarpradesh near gorakhpur yesterday evening 6 pm i was sleeping in my room then I woke up suddenly I saw one BAT ( chamgadar) flying just above my head and bat fly for 5-10 min and because of fan his wings got injured and he fall on ground then with clothes I remove it outside but I was afraid of when I was sleeping what if that BAT ( chamgadar) bitten me as I read Google ki bat bite often go unnoticed so I was afraid of rabies i asked one doctor here he told don't worry bat do not cause rabies in India so no vaccine but in google it's written ki in nagaland bat found rabid in reasearch and many other countries cause rabies so why India no rabies vaccine for bat and can I get rabies if bat bite me when I was sleeping please tell should I go for rabies vaccination
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Better to get one antirabies shot done as soon as possible.
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If biting mark is there then you can go for TT
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In India, there is no scientific study confirmed that the bats spread rabies. The species in our country is fruit bats, and they don't spread rabies.
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Dr. Lovish Gupta
Veterinary Physician
6 yrs exp
Gurgaon
There is nothing to worry about, except for 1 study that too in nagaland, there has been no evidence of rabies transmission by bats in India, but still if u are not satisfied u can get anti rabies post bite vaccination done
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Dr. Shreeram Soni
Veterinary Physician
2 yrs exp
Jaipur
Ma’am there is nothing to worry about it. For your satisfaction you can get one dose of anti rabies vaccine. ( as precaution dose ) .
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