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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

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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A man in his 50s has died from lyssavirus in New South Wales after being bitten by a bat several months ago.

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.