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Updated: Apr 8 2021, 4:34 ET
A HORROR virus that can kill humans after triggering convulsions and paralysis has been found in bats in South Australia.
SA Health released a statement today urging locals heading outdoors to avoid any contact with bats after the discovery of the rabies-like disease .
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The deadly virus is transmitted from bats to humans when infected bat saliva enters the bodyCredit: Getty - Contributor
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A coloured micrograph showing the bullet shaped Australian Bat lyssavirus particlesCredit: Csiro / WIKIPEDIA
Dr Louise Flood, the Department for Health and Wellbeing s Communicable Disease Control Branch, said it is the third time Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABL) has been confirmed in bats in South Australia, Daily Mail Australia reports.