Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

There are two types of viruses that cause rabies carried in bats in the UK - EBLV-1 and EBLV-2. Both are extremely rare in the UK and their presence does not change the UK's status as a rabies-free ...

An Aberdeen woman says she has been forced to sleep in her car after discovering a colony of the protected animals in her ...

One of the UK's rarest mammals - a grey long-eared bat - has been discovered at a nature reserve in Devon. The species, which had not been seen at Seaton Wetlands since 2013, was spotted at a guided ...

Australian bat lyssavirus, as the name suggests, is unique to Australia. But other bat lyssaviruses, such as European bat lyssavirus, have similarly caused rare human infections.

Plans to cut into a 4,000-year-old mound to allow further research on its history could be stopped by the presence of bats.

Only two of 18 bat species tested positive: the serotine bat and the Daubenton’s bat. European Bat Lyssavirus-1 (EBLV-1) has been detected in Serotine bats since 2018, with the first case being found ...

Australian bat lyssavirus belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family, the same group of viruses that causes rabies. It primarily infects bats. Active monitoring suggests fewer than 1 per cent of healthy bats ...

Australian bat lyssavirus, as the name suggests, is unique to Australia. But other bat lyssaviruses, such as European bat lyssavirus, have similarly caused rare human infections.

So we should be cautious with all Australian bat species when it comes to lyssavirus ... But other bat lyssaviruses, such as European bat lyssavirus, have similarly caused rare human infections. Human ...

Many people would not describe bats as cute. This is likely because of bats’ associations with viruses, darkness, and evil. Granted, bats are somewhat weird animals, being the only mammals that can ...