Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

Australian health officials are urging residents to avoid handling bats after a man who was bit months ago reportedly died ...

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

An Australian man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said ...

The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human ...

Australia has recorded its fourth death of the bat lyssavirus — a very rare and fatal virus that can lay dormant for years.

The man dies several months after contracting Australian bat lyssavirus – a pathogen closely related to rabies ...

Sydney: An Australian man in his 50s has tragically died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection, Australian bat ...

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

Summer is a time to be vigilant of the rabies virus present in bats.  Bats can spread rabies to other wildlife, unvaccinated ...