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. 1999 May-Jun;5(3):438–440. doi: 10.3201/eid0503.990316

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

H Field 1, B McCall 1, J Barrett 1
PMCID: PMC2640776  PMID: 10341182

Abstract

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.

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