Wild animals -- especially bats -- are by far the most common cause of rabies exposure in the U.S. Bat bites, which typically occur when a person finds a bat in his home and tries to shoo it out, are responsible for 80% of cases in which the vaccine is given, Willoughby says.
It is only the fourth time European Bat Lyssavirus type -2 (EBLV2), which is a strain of rabies, has been discovered in bats in the UK - all were Daubenton's bats.