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It revealed a report published in the Daily Star. DailystarOn the death of a French retiree, over 60 years old, in Limoges, France, as a result of his infection with the rare bat virus, after suffering serious complications that claimed his life.
The report indicated that the retired Frenchman conducted an analysis that revealed his infection with the European bat virus type 1 (EBLV-1), Who is transported via bats, as the bats have taken refuge on the roof of his house, which contributed to his infection a year ago, but did not respond to treatment and his health deteriorated, until he was killed inside of the University Hospital of Limoges.
It turned out that the French victim of the virus had been transferred to the Limoges University Hospital in August 2019, after being bitten or scratched by the bat that lived on the roof of his house, which infected him with the virus, which does not register human deaths for 35 years.
And the medical part of the retired Frenchman confirmed that he suffered from encephalitis, since samples from the deceased were sent to determine the cause of the infection at the Necker Parisian Hospital and the Pasteur Institute, since the analysis showed that he had contracted the European bat virus type 1. EBLV-This is the first case to be registered in France for the first time.
The world recorded the last death from this rare virus in 1985, of a Russian man and another who was also infected with this virus in Finland.
