People have been warned by infectious diseases experts to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia.
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Francis said the boy was bitten during a family holiday to Queensland in December 2012, but did not tell his parents.
Three weeks later he began to suffer convulsions, abdominal pain and fever, followed by progressive brain problems.
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He fell into a coma and died on February 22.
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"Human to human transmission of lyssaviruses has not been well documented, but it is theoretically possible," he said.
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"ABLV has proved fatal in all cases reported to date. There is a need for increased public awareness of the risk associated with bat contact," Francis said. "In short, people should stay away from bats."
ABLV was first identified in Australian bats and flying foxes and is common in both, though human infection is extremely rare.
Two adult cases were confirmed in 1996 and 1998. One was a woman bitten by a flying fox after wrestling it off a child, the other a carer who looked after the animals.
Other lyssavirus strains circulate in bats in the United States and Europe and the experts said their warning applies to wherever bat or flying fox populations exist.
Source-AFP
