Australian bat lyssavirus infection: a second human case, with a long incubation period

Authors
Hanna, JN Carney, IK Smith, GA Tannenberg, AEG Deverill, JE Botha, JA Serafin, IL Harrower, BJ Fitzpatrick, PF Searle, JW
Citation
Jn. Hanna et al., Australian bat lyssavirus infection: a second human case, with a long incubation period, MED J AUST, 172(12), 2000, pp. 597-599
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
ISSN journal
0025729X → ACNP
Volume
172
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
597 - 599
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(20000619)172:12<597:ABLIAS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
In December 1998, a 37-year-old Queensland woman died from a rabies-like il lness, 27 months after being bitten by a flying fox (fruit bat). Molecular techniques enabled diagnosis of infection with Australian bat lyssavirus (A BL), the second human case to be recognised and the first to be acquired fr om a flying fox. If must be assumed that any bat in Australia could transmi t ABL; anyone bitten or scratched by a bat should immediately wash the woun ds thoroughly with soap and wafer and promptly seek medical advice.