Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily ...

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

A northern NSW man has become the fourth person to die of lyssavirus in Australia. The disease is incredibly rare but ...

A northern NSW man has died after being bitten by a bat, in the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in ...

Every confirmed case in Australia has been fatal. There’s no effective treatment once symptoms present, authorities say, but this deadly rabies-like disease is also rare.

According to reports, the rare, rabies-like infection, which spreads from bats to humans through bites or scratches, has now ...

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection after being bitten by a bat, health officials said ...

An NSW man has died after being bitten by a bat Health authorities have confirmed that it is a rare case of Australian bat ...

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Australian bat lyssavirus, closely related to rabies, is rare but invariably fatal once symptoms appear. Human infection occurs through direct contact with bat saliva via bites or scratches.