A man in his fifties died in Australia after being contaminated by an “extremely rare” virus transmitted by a bat. This pathogen is close to rage.
A deadly virus transmitted by bats
The News of New Gales-du-Sud health service in the south-east of theAustralia spoke in a press release. “Although it is extremely rare to see a case of lyssavirus of bat Australians, there is no effective treatment against it “he explains in remarks reported by the French media as The dispatch et 20 Minutes. The victim, first hospitalized in critical condition, died knowing that he was contaminated by the Lyssavirus several months earlier after a bite of bat.
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Deceptive symptoms
This virus can cause a fatal form of encephalitis, comparable to rabies, which affects the central nervous system. The disease can be avoided if a vaccine is administered quickly after exposure. The infection sometimes starts late and imitates a flu: fever, pain, fatigue. The worsening can be brutal with paralysis and confusion. In Australiaonly three similar cases have been identified since 1996. worldwide, rage kills nearly 59,000 people each year, most often after infected dog bites.
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