"Australian bat lyssavirus is very closely related to rabies and will cause death in susceptible people if they become infected and are not treated quickly," said James Gilkerson, ...

The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

A northern New South Wales man has died after contracting the state's first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus. The ...

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 man in his 50s died after contracting the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, ...

A northern NSW man has become the fourth person to die of lyssavirus in Australia. The disease is incredibly rare but extremely dangerous. So what are the symptoms, how is it treated and how can you ...

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday."While it is extremely rare to see a case of Australian bat ...

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

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

A man in his 50s has died from lyssavirus in New South Wales after being bitten by a bat several months ago. This is Australia’s fourth human case of bat lyssavirus and the first confirmed case in NSW ...