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1: Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 May-Jun;5(3):438-40.Click here to read Links

Australian bat lyssavirus infection in a captive juvenile black flying fox.

Field H, McCall B, Barrett J.

Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Moorooka, Australia.

The newly emerging Australian bat lyssavirus causes rabieslike disease in bats and humans. A captive juvenile black flying fox exhibited progressive neurologic signs, including sudden aggression, vocalization, dysphagia, and paresis over 9 days and then died. At necropsy, lyssavirus infection was diagnosed by fluorescent antibody test, immunoperoxidase staining, polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation. Eight human contacts received postexposure vaccination.

PMID: 10341182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2640776

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