Virginia doctor wakes to a live bat in her mouth; rabies test comes back negative
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A Richmond gastroenterologist woke up to a live bat in her mouth after dreaming she was being bitten; she and her husband captured the animal so animal control could test it for rabies. She received initial preventive rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin as a precaution, but tests later confirmed the bat was rabies-negative.
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