Non-rabies Lyssavirus human encephalitis from fruit bats: Australian bat Lyssavirus (pteropid Lyssavirus) infection.
A 39-year-old woman died of encephalitis a few weeks after being scratched by fruit bats. Autopsy disclosed meningoencephalomyelitis, and revealed neuronal intracytoplasmic inclusions which had similarities to Negri bodies of rabies. Laboratory investigations detected a Lyssavirus type previously identified only in fruit bats. This appears to be the first human case of encephalitis due to this Lyssavirus type.
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001706:Biopsy; D002685:Chiroptera; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D018114:Lyssavirus; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology*