Australian Bat Lyssavirus Information Medical Practitioners

Lyssavirus (ABLV) - vaccine, treatment and symptoms

https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/lyssavirus-ablv

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a virus that can spread from bats to humans, causing serious illness. ABLV is closely related to the rabies virus, which is another type of lyssavirus. Animals in Australia do not have rabies. Overseas, rabies occurs in dogs, cats, monkeys and foxes. ABLV does occur in Australian bats.

Australian bat lyssavirus infection | Australian Government …

https://www.health.gov.au/diseases/australian-bat-lyssavirus-infection

Lyssaviruses are a group of viruses that includes rabies and Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV). Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a virus that can spread from bats …

RACGP - Australian bat lyssavirus

https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2018/march/australian-bat-lyssavirus

Rabies and Australian bat lyssavirus infection fact sheet

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/infectious/factsheets/pages/rabies-australian-bat-lyssavirus-infection.aspx

Lyssaviruses are a group of viruses that includes rabies and bat lyssavirus. Lyssavirus is carried by bats in Australia. Rabies is carried by mammals in many …

Australian Bat Lyssavirus - Queensland Health

http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/217/10/Australian-Bat-Lyssavirus

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a virus closely related to the rabies (classical rabies) virus which causes serious and usually fatal disease in humans. …

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) - Better Health Channel

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/Australian-bat-lyssavirus

Australian bat lyssavirus infection is almost always fatal, with death usually occurring within 1 to 2 weeks of symptoms starting. All three human cases resulted in death. …

Australian bat lyssavirus | Disease control guidance

http://disease-control.health.qld.gov.au/Condition/687/australian-bat-lyssavirus

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a virus that can be transmitted from bats to humans, causing serious illness. The virus was first identified in 1996 and has been found in four …

Australian bat lyssavirus - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29621841/

1MBBS, MPH@TM, FRACGP, FAFPHM, Public Health Physician, Hunter New England Population Health, NSW. 2BMed, MPH@TM, FRACGP, FAFPHM, Public Health …

Australian bat lyssavirus: implications for …

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2014/201/11/australian-bat-lyssavirus-implications-public-health

All Australian bats (flying foxes and microbats) should be considered to be carrying ABLV unless proven otherwise. Any bat-related injury (bite, scratch or …

Potential Human Exposure to Australian Bat Lyssavirus, …

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/3/00-0305_article

Since the first human ABL case, the Queensland Health Department, in accordance with the recommendations of the national Lyssavirus Expert Group, has …