A man is in critical condition after contracting a rare bat virus in Australia. The first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) has been reported in the state of New South Wales, ...

Viruses closely related to the deadly MERS coronavirus are lurking in bats and one group, known as HKU5, may be just one mutation away from making the jump to humans. A new study reveals how these ...

A newly recognised bat-borne virus in Bangladesh is forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about emerging infections in South Asia. First spotted in patients who looked like classic ...

A mystery illness in Bangladesh, initially thought to be a Nipah infection outbreak, is actually due to another emerging and potentially deadly bat-borne virus, scientists warned in a new study.

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, Australia This is the first confirmed case of the virus in the ...