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- Title
Australian bat lyssavirus: implications for public health.
- Authors
Francis, Joshua R.; McCall, Bradley J.; Hutchinson, Penny; Powell, Jodie; Vaska, Vikram L.; Nourse, Clare
- Abstract
The article discusses the public health risk of transmission of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) to humans. The use of rabies reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assays for ABLV diagnosis is noted. Other topics include management of possible ABLV exposure with local wound treatment and initiation of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), and the risk of transmission from native Australian bats such as microbats and flying foxes or domestic animals.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; LYSSAVIRUS; BATS as carriers of disease; FLYING foxes; PUBLIC health; VIRAL disease diagnosis; VIRAL transmission; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; ANTIBIOTIC prophylaxis; DISEASES; PREVENTION
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2014, Vol 201, Issue 11, p647
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/mja13.00261