Bat found with rare rabies-like virus in UK back garden
A wounded bat recovered from a backyard was positively tested for a rare rabies -like virus.
Using the gloves, the resident of the house in Shorwell took the bat and kept it safe in a shoe box for one night.
The BBC reported that the animal was collected by volunteers from the Wight Bat Hospital the next day.
The bat later found that the Environment and Rural Affairs Department (Defra) had a virus that caused rabies known as the European Bat Lyssavirus-1 (EBLV-1).
As a result, the bat was euthanized.
The animal, plant and health agency (APHA) investigated the incident and could not find bites or scratches for humans or other animals.
In the UK-EBLV-1 and EBLV-2, there are two types of viruses that cause rabies carried in bats. Both of these viruses are extremely rare and only found in a small number of bats.
Although EBLV causes a rabies -like virus, it is not the same as the rabies virus associated with dogs that cause most cases worldwide.
According to Defra, the presence of the virus does not change the rabies of England’s raw health, and other mammals are not considered to be at risk.
If an infected animal bites or draws you, or if the animal lines your eyes, nose or mouth, or if you have a lie according to NHS, rabies can be transferred.
Rabies may take up to 12 weeks to appear, but rabies are almost always deadly when they do. Symptoms include hallucinations, difficulty in swallowing and breathing, paralysis and numbness, or tingling you are bitten or drawn.
The Bat Protection Foundation (BCT) announced that both bat virus strains were recorded in only 59 out of 19,000 bats that have been tested since 1986. 18 only two of the bat species were positively tested: Serotin bat and the bat of Daubenton.
According to APHA, since 2018, serotin bats were detected in the European Bat Lyssavirus-1 (EBLV-1), the first case was found in Dorset.
Alex Mercs, a charity, warned that everyone who is in contact should contact with a national bat aid line – 0345 1300 228 – such as bitten, bitten or scratched with a bat.
A bat worker from Scotland died of the rabies caused by EBLV in 2002, so the charity adopts a cautious approach and advises anyone bitten by a bat to receive medical aid as soon as possible.
When NHS is achieved shortly after exposure, it offers 100 percent effective vaccines in the prevention of the disease.
“If you do not deal with the British bats, even if they are tuned in the buildings you use, there is no risk of human health,” Told to BBC.
“No action should be taken to disturb or harm any wild bats or roles.”
All British bats are legally protected and should be handled only by someone with a license. However, if a bat requires recovery, thick gloves and a face cover should be worn.
