Dear Editor, the recent article on Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases offers a timely reminder that even the rarest zo onotic infections may carry outsized clinical and societal consequences [1]. Members of the Lyssavi rus genus share a defining biological feature: once neurological symptoms appear, the disease course is almost invariably fatal, regardless of the specific viral species involved

Australian bat lyssavirus and the long shadow of rabies: lessons from the History of Medicine

Vaccarezza, Mauro
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2026

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Dear Editor, the recent article on Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases offers a timely reminder that even the rarest zo onotic infections may carry outsized clinical and societal consequences [1]. Members of the Lyssavi rus genus share a defining biological feature: once neurological symptoms appear, the disease course is almost invariably fatal, regardless of the specific viral species involved
2026
Galassi, Francesco Maria; Vaccarezza, Mauro; Vitale, Marco; Galli, Massimo; Varotto, Elena
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