French pensioner dies of incredibly rare bat virus that last killed a human 35 years ago
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dailystar.co.ukbats which had been living in his attic. The man, who was in his 60s, died in Limoges, France, the National Rabies Reference Center has confirmed.He was rushed to Limoges University Hospital in August 2019 with doctors saying they now believe he was bitten or scratched by a bat that nested in his attic.The man tragically died at hospital with doctors at the time listing his official cause of death as encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, but medical experts said it was of unexplained origin.As the origin was unexplained, samples were sent to the Parisian Necker hospital and the Institut Pasteur, aimed at identifying the causes of undocumented encephalitis.The analysis showed that he had contracted the European Bat LyssaVirus type 1.
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