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

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

NSW Health recommends washing the area thoroughly with soap and water for 15 minutes, then applying an antiseptic with ...

Every confirmed case in Australia has been fatal. There’s no effective treatment once symptoms present, authorities say, but ...

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

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

Australian man dies from rare infection caused by ‘rabies-like’ bat virus - Fatality is only the fourth case ever recorded in ...

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

A man in his 50s from northern New South Wales has died after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus, marking the first known ...

A ​NSW Health official today said the man in his 50s from the state's north was in a critical condition in hospital with the ...