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Australian bat lyssavirus disease
a disease identified in 1996 in Australian fruit-eating flying foxes (Pteropus spp.) in which it is presumed endemic and in which it may cause encephalitis; the virus, of the genus Lyssavirus and the family Rhabdoviridae, has also caused fatal rabies-like illness in persons working closely with infected bats.
bat rabies
caused by rabies-like viruses which are antigenically similar to the classical rabies rhabdovirus. Bats also are common carriers of rabies virus transmitting it to other species and between themselves both by bite and by aerosol inhalation of urine. See also lagos and mokola viruses.

BAT
Blunt abdominal trauma. See Blunt trauma.


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CAPTION(S): OLD BAT As horror character; NOT EMU-SED Plea to shut her beak; EYE-SORE Di is monster with all-seeing hands; I'LL SWORD THIS OUT Yoda cuts off the claw with his light saber; BEYOND A JOKER Batman fiend puts fans out of misery; YOU DRIVE US MAD Road stop sign on offending hand; GIVE US A BREAK GLOVE Puppet Sooty is a cover up; GET THE POINT The gloves are off
I know as an old bat I should have sympathy for Selina and others such as Dame Joan Bakewell, who accuse TV of dumping them at the first wrinkle, but the only reason Selina et al got their jobs was because they scrubbed up well.
Jenny had tried before to get her husband to walk in on such an occasion when the old bat thought that he was outside in the yard with his Dad.
 
 
 
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