Lyssavirus

For the vaccine, see Australian bat lyssa vaccine.

The Lyssavirus, or Australian bat lyssavirus, is a viral disease in the family of Rhabdoviridae, It is associated by rabies virus. It can spread to humans from rabid animals, The Lyssavirus is one of the most dangerous and deadliest viruses.^[1]

Lyssavirus
Colored transmission electron micrograph of Australian bat lyssavirus. The bullet-like objects are the virions, and some of them are budding off from a cell.
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Monjiviricetes
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Rhabdoviridae
Genus:	Lyssavirus
Species
Aravan lyssavirus Australian bat lyssavirus Bokeloh bat lyssavirus Duvenhage lyssavirus European bat 1 lyssavirus European bat 2 lyssavirus Gannoruwa bat lyssavirus Ikoma lyssavirus Irkut lyssavirus Khujand lyssavirus Kotalahti bat lyssavirus Lagos bat lyssavirus Lleida bat lyssavirus Madagascar bat lyssavirus Mokola lyssavirus Rabies lyssavirus Shimoni bat lyssavirus Taiwan bat lyssavirus West Caucasian bat lyssavirus

Cases

In 2004, Jeanna Giese, at 15, was bitten by the bat. She was the first human survivor who did not get any treatment or vaccine.

Mythology

The Lyssa is named "lyssa/lytta" or the "god anger" in Greek, and the madness/frenzy in Latin. In the past 4,000 years ago.