| first isolation of a rabid bat infected with european bat lyssavirus in luxembourg. | rabid bats are regularly reported in europe, especially in countries that have implemented a bat surveillance network. in may 2013, bat rabies was evidenced for the first time in luxembourg (southern city of differdange). the rabies virus, an eblv-1b strain, was diagnosed in a serotine bat that bit a 29-year-old male person while he was asleep. the man received rapidly a post-exposure rabv treatment and was put under strict medical supervision. | 2015 | 24373212 |