An Australian was bitten by a bat and died of the infection that was caused months later. The Lyssavirus transferred the bat, which was related to rabies, the New South Wales health authority announced on Thursday.
This week the man was treated in a hospital in a life -threatening state. Such a lyssavirus infection is “extremely rare,” said it through the Health Authority. So far there is no “effective treatment”. The man was older than 50 years old and had lived in the north of New South Wales.
The first signs of the disease are flu -like symptoms such as fever, exhaustion and headache. After that, the condition of the infected person quickly deteriorates. They fall into delirium, suffer from paralysis and attack until they finally die. Since the discovery of the virus in 1996 there have been three infections in people in Australia, all in Queensland and everyone ended fatally.
Here you can see a tweet for the rare death:
Wound the wound and use disinfectant
Infected bats can also transfer the virus to colleague species and other mammals when saliva penetrates the wound during their bite. Until the first symptoms occur, days or even years can pass.
To prevent an outbreak, the Health Authority recommends that the wound was thoroughly washed with soap and water. Then an antiviral disinfectant must be applied. The affectors must also be treated with rabies antibodies and vaccination with rabies.
Source: Krone
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