Field H, McCall B, Barrett J
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Moorooka, Australia.
Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 May-Jun;5(3):438-40. doi: 10.3201/eid0503.990316.
The newly emerging Australian bat lyssavirus causes rabieslike disease in bats and humans. A captive juvenile black flying fox exhibited progressive neurologic signs, including sudden aggression, vocalization, dysphagia, and paresis over 9 days and then died. At necropsy, lyssavirus infection was diagnosed by fluorescent antibody test, immunoperoxidase staining, polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation. Eight human contacts received postexposure vaccination.
新出现的澳大利亚蝙蝠狂犬病毒可在蝙蝠和人类中引发类似狂犬病的疾病。一只圈养的幼年黑狐蝠在9天内出现了进行性神经症状,包括突然攻击、鸣叫、吞咽困难和轻瘫,随后死亡。尸检时,通过荧光抗体试验、免疫过氧化物酶染色、聚合酶链反应和病毒分离诊断出狂犬病毒感染。八名接触者接受了暴露后疫苗接种。