Overview

• Health authorities are contacting up to 500 people from 38 states and seven countries who stayed in cabins 516, 518, 520, 522, 524, 526, 528 and 530 at Jackson Lake Lodge to evaluate potential rabies exposure.
• Three to four bats recovered from the attic have tested negative and one was untestable, but the majority of the colony was neither sampled nor tested, so rabies cannot be ruled out.
• Officials are recommending a five-shot post-exposure prophylaxis regimen for guests deemed high risk, including deep sleepers who encountered bats and young children.
• The eight cabins have been closed since July 27, and park authorities have installed nonlethal exclusion devices to keep bats out without plans for extermination.
• The Wyoming Department of Health, CDC, National Park Service and local partners are coordinating notifications and individual clinical decisions for exposed guests.