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.
Samaratunga
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Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
Searle
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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*