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Rabies is caused by lyssaviruses, including the rabies virus, the Australian bat lyssavirus, the European bat 1 lyssavirus and the European bat 2 lyssavirus. At a global level, dog bites and scratches cause 99% of the human rabies cases, [2] but in some countries, including the United States, most cases of human rabies are acquired from bats. [3]
Rabies has a long history of association with dogs. The first written record of rabies is in the Codex of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC), which dictates that the owner of a dog showing symptoms of rabies should take preventive measure against bites. If a person was bitten by a rabid dog and later died, the owner was fined heavily.
Rabies causes about 59,000 deaths worldwide per year, [6] about 40% of which are in children under the age of 15. [16] More than 95% of human deaths from rabies occur in Africa and Asia. [1] Rabies is present in more than 150 countries and on all continents but Antarctica. [1] More than 3 billion people live in regions of the world where rabies ...
Rabies is commonly found in bats, raccoons, foxes, skunks and some household pets. Without proper and prompt treatment after symptoms appear, rabies is nearly 100 percent fatal in both animals and ...
A bat has tested positive for rabies in Whatcom County for the first time this year, health officials said. Bats are the main carrier of rabies in Washington, and 3% to 10% of bats submitted for ...
EBLV-1a was isolated from bats found in the Netherlands and Russia, while EBLV-1b was found in bats in France, the Netherlands and Iberia. E. isabellinus bats are the EBLV-1b reservoir in the Iberian Peninsula. Between 1977 and 2010, 959 bat rabies cases of EBLV-1 were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Rabies Bulletin. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Bats are natural reservoirs for a large number of zoonotic pathogens, [196] including rabies, endemic in many bat populations, [197] [198] [199] histoplasmosis both directly and in guano, [200] Nipah and Hendra viruses, [201] [202] and possibly the ebola virus, [203] [204] whose natural reservoir is yet unknown.
CHCAGO — The Chicago Department of Public Health issued a warning that attendees of a recent outdoor concert at the popular Salt Shed music venue may have been exposed to rabies-carrying bats.