Lyssavirus risk prompts warning from Australian health officials
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#37581)
With the start of the local bat breeding season, NSW Health is urging people to avoid contact with bats that could carry serious diseases. Dr Vicky Sheppeard, Director of Communicable Diseases Branch, said 142 NSW residents have been given rabies post-exposure treatment this year after they were bitten or scratched by a bat in Australia. ["]
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