[Lethal cases of lyssavirus encephalitis in humans after contact with bats in the Russian Far East in 2019-2021].

Introduction: On the territory of Russia four species of lyssaviruses (genus Lyssavirus) were identified, three of them caused human deaths.

The Aim Of Work: to characterize fatal cases in humans after contacts with bats in the Far East in 20182021 and to perform typing of isolated pathogens.

Materials And Methods: Lyssavirus infection was confirmed in samples of sectional material from people who died in the Amur Region in 2019, in the Primorsky Krai in 2019 and 2021.