{"id":53728,"date":"2025-07-07T14:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53728"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:31:28","slug":"australian-bat-lyssavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/australian-bat-lyssavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Bat Lyssavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Australian Bat Lyssavirus Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, an Australian man has died from Australian bat lyssavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Australian Bat Lyssavirus<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a rare but deadly<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/virus\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> virus<\/strong><\/a> that can be <\/span><b>transmitted from bats to humans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through bites or scratches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>closely related to the rabies virus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was first identified in 1996 in a fruit bat in northern New South Wales, Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lyssavirus is a <\/span><b>member of the Rhabdoviridae family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which also includes viruses that cause rabies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The virus has <\/span><b>been discovered in flying foxes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>fruit bats and insect-eating microbats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout Australia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transmission:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Human infection with bat lyssavirus occurs <\/span><b>through direct contact with infected bat saliva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via bites, scratches or open skin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also occur if our mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth) are exposed to bat saliva. There\u2019s <\/span><b>no risk associated with bat faeces, urine, blood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or casual proximity to roosts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symptoms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The nature of the illness in humans mirrors rabies, beginning with flu-like symptoms (fever, headache, fatigue), then quickly progressing to severe neurological disease, including paralysis, delirium, convulsions, and loss of consciousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lyssavirus has <\/span><b>no effective treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> once symptoms appear.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/australian-man-dies-from-extremely-rare-rabies-like-infection-after-bat-bite\/article69767279.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Bat Lyssavirus is a rare but deadly virus transmitted from bats to humans through bites or scratches, causing severe neurological illness similar to rabies. 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