A case report of a cat infected with European bat lyssavirus type 1, the Netherlands, October 2024
In October 2024, an infection of European bat lyssavirus type 1 was confirmed in a domestic cat in the Netherlands. Several weeks before, the owners had found a dead bat considered to be caught by the cat. Nine persons exposed to the cat received post-exposure prophylaxis and four domestic animals from the same household were quarantined. This report stresses the need for vigilance for rabies in domestic animals in countries where lyssavirus infections in bats are endemic.
Authors
- Frank Harders
- Melle Holwerda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-7793)
- Erik van Weezep
- Lucien van Keulen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-5190)
- A. Dekker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0519-9587)
- M.Y. Engelsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7683-8596)
- Vanessa X.N. Visser
- P.L. Eblé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0229-4068)
- Sanne van den End
Institutions
- Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eurosurveillance
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.10.2500154
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11