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Alwayssunnyinarizona t1_j4jncdx wrote

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You'll be at the whim of the county health department I suspect, but it's unlikely you'll have to go through another course if post-exp was less than a month or two ago. Protection lasts a decade or more, but health departments will have different ideas about when post-exp is necessary, and tend to lean towards public safety.

Get the bats taken care of and you'll have less to worry about!

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Level9TraumaCenter t1_j4jwopv wrote

> Protection lasts a decade or more, but health departments will have different ideas about when post-exp is necessary, and tend to lean towards public safety.

Titer every two years, except for the two opposite ends of the scale: those in labs researching rabies (every six months), and "Animal care professionals and others who frequently handle terrestrial mammals in regions without terrestrial rabies," i.e.: cavers (no titer checks). I believe that latter group is supposed to get a booster every three years.

Should be good for several years, such as in your case.

Source: knuckle-dragging, mud-eating caver.

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dropkickpa t1_j4k42n3 wrote

I'm 20 years out from my PrEP vaccination, my titers are still well within the protective range.

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