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

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 ...

Craig Nolte died on July 3 after falling critically ill from a bat bite the he sustained eight months prior, his wife Robyn ...

Australian bat lyssavirus, as the name suggests, is unique to Australia. But other bat lyssaviruses, such as European bat lyssavirus, have similarly caused rare human infections.

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.

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

According to reports, the rare, rabies-like infection, which spreads from bats to humans through bites or scratches, has now triggered a public health alert across NSW.

Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily infects bats. Active monitoring suggests fewer than 1 per cent of healthy bats ...