Bat carrying deadly virus found in Brisbane’s south

Metro South Health service this morning issued a community service announcement stating a baby flying fox carrying Australian Bat Lyssavirus had been found in Parkinson.

“ABLV is closely related but not identical to rabies virus, which causes a serious and usually fatal disease in humans,” Queensland Health’s website reads.Metro South Public Health Physician Dr Bhakti Vasant said the bat was found under a bridge at Lakewood Ave Park on December 10 and had since died….



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