BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - An Indiana University student is receiving rabies shots after being bitten by a rabid bat while he slept in his Bloomington dorm room.
The Herald-Times reported his roommate and a pest control worker, who transported the bat, are also receiving the 14-day regimen of shots.
IU spokesman Mark Land said the student was bitten on a hand March 21 and shook the bat off in a hallway. The bat was later found alive in the hallway by a residence hall employee who called the pest control worker, who then collected the bat and sent it to the Indiana State Department of Health for testing.
Health department spokesman Ken Severson said two other bats also tested positive for rabies last week. They were in the Fort Wayne area.
Rabies can be fatal if untreated.
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