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Today while my husband was driving a bat entered through the window and fell on my husband's neck and he got a small scratch after that it jumped on my neck I was so scared that I pull it out and it fell on my leg and flew away... So will I get any disease since I touched it and will my husband gets Infected since he got a scratch on his neck? What shall we do?
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Add mupirocin ointment to the scrstch and clean your hands with soap water
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