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GreatGazoo

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20. One case of rabies incubation was documented proable in India at 25 years !
Thu May 21, 2026, 09:20 AM
15 hrs ago
Majority of the cases have an incubation period between 31 and 90 days. In the literature, the overall reported incubation period varies from 30 days in 30% of the cases, 31–90 days in 54%, greater than 90 days in 15% and in 1% of the cases beyond 1 year is recorded.[3] In a cohort of 47 cases studied following autopsy at a single center in South India, the median incubation period recorded was 60 days (range 7 days to 4 years).


https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3424805/

My bedroom door was wide open but zero chance this bat bit me. This idea that a bat can bite or scratch you in your sleep and you don't wake or notice it seems to be based on one case and the 'bitten while asleep' aspect is only one of many ways this person could have been infected:

In July 2024, a Minnesota woman who lived alone reported to family members that a bat or bird had been trapped in her house for several days. After discovering a bat in the sink, she reportedly killed it with a hammer and disposed of it. A bite was not mentioned; however, the method reportedly used to kill the bat could have produced splatter resulting in inoculation of infectious nervous tissue onto broken skin or mucous membranes. In addition, family members reported that the patient wore a hearing aid, was a deep sleeper who used a continuous positive airway pressure machine, and routinely consumed alcohol, factors that might have reduced her awareness of having had direct bat contact.


https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/75/wr/mm7502a4.htm

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Please don't do this. Bats remain the most common source for human rabies transmission hlthe2b Wednesday #1
Excellent advice! LuckyCharms Wednesday #4
Well my options right now are to remove it or let it leave on it's own GreatGazoo Wednesday #6
Given there have been reports documented of exposure where the individual (and not just hlthe2b Wednesday #8
If that happened in my house EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #2
Hardwood or aluminum? LastDemocratInSC Wednesday #3
hard wood GreatGazoo Wednesday #5
Love this story! MoonlightHillFarm Wednesday #7
I love bats too but rabies Laurelin Wednesday #9
Forgot to add Laurelin Wednesday #10
Bats are quite non-responsive in the daytime. Talitha Wednesday #11
Thanks - Just after sunset here GreatGazoo Wednesday #12
If you want, keep an eye on it till it wakes up and flies out, then close the door. Talitha Wednesday #14
It is recommended by the experts that someone who wakes up Alpeduez21 Wednesday #13
As I understand it if you suspect any contact and the bat is still present GreatGazoo Wednesday #15
Pretty sure they could treat you for rabies without testing the bat Alpeduez21 17 hrs ago #18
Yes - You would start empirical treatment immediately but if the bat test comes back negative GreatGazoo 15 hrs ago #19
10:15 PM update -- She left GreatGazoo Wednesday #16
Was the door to your bedroom closed mnhtnbb 18 hrs ago #17
One case of rabies incubation was documented proable in India at 25 years ! GreatGazoo 15 hrs ago #20
!!! Mad_Dem_X 9 hrs ago #21
Triggered my instinctual fear for sure GreatGazoo 5 hrs ago #22
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