Rabies — Worldwide/Unknown
A case of rabies has been confirmed by the Pasteur Institute in a bat found in the town of Chantilly in the Oise [department, France]. The 2 persons who handled the animal were quickly directed to the rabies center of Compiegne hospital, the Prefecture. They received preventive treatment, and their condition does not cause concern.
The bat virus is different from that of the dog. Indeed, bat rabies is caused by a [Lyssa] virus from the same family but different from the so-called “vulpine”
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