Thanks to my co-author, Dr. Thomas Muller for our 2023 contribution to the latest JHP publication on Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation, edited by D. Jessup and R. Radcliffe: Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation | Hopkins Press (jhu.edu)
Our article is available online here: https://doi.org/10.1186/s44149-023-00078-8 or as a PDF here: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s44149-023-00078-8.pdf.
Just to be clear, many species of lyssavirus cause this disease. Australia does not have classical rabies associated with dogs, and has planned on keeping this zoonosis out of their continent. However
As a basic disease of nature, this zoonosis is 'almost always there, somewhere'. However, now come full bore after the advent of the equinox, people and their pets may experience a plethora of wildlif