Updated: Apr 8 2021, 4:34 ET A HORROR virus that can kill humans after triggering convulsions and paralysis has been found in bats in South Australia. SA Health released a statement today urging locals heading outdoors to avoid any contact with bats after the discovery of the "rabies-like disease". 5 The deadly virus is transmitted from bats to humans when infected bat saliva enters the bodyCredit: Getty - Contributor 5 5 A coloured micrograph showing the bullet shaped Australian Bat lyssavirus particlesCredit: Csiro / WIKIPEDIA Dr Louise Flood, the Department for Health and Wellbeing's Communicable Disease Control Branch, said it is the third time Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABL) has been confirmed in bats in South Australia, Daily Mail Australia reports.