Hendra virus infection risks
... to horses, four of these involving subsequent horse-to-human transmission, Animal health authorities in Australia foster increased awareness, alertness and preparedness in the horse-owning and veterinary communities, and encourage husbandry practices to minimize risk of exposure of horses to flying ...
... to horses, four of these involving subsequent horse-to-human transmission, Animal health authorities in Australia foster increased awareness, alertness and preparedness in the horse-owning and veterinary communities, and encourage husbandry practices to minimize risk of exposure of horses to flying ...
Isolation of Emerging Viruses
... Initial detection of JE-specific IgM led to suspicion of Japanese encephalitisvirus as causal agent ...
... Initial detection of JE-specific IgM led to suspicion of Japanese encephalitisvirus as causal agent ...
Horses, humans and Hendra virus
... Eleven attributed bat-to-horse spillover events have been identified since the first description of the virus in 1994; four of these have involved horse-to-human transmission, with a total of six people having been infected to date. Hendra virus has consistently demonstrated low infectivity but high ...
... Eleven attributed bat-to-horse spillover events have been identified since the first description of the virus in 1994; four of these have involved horse-to-human transmission, with a total of six people having been infected to date. Hendra virus has consistently demonstrated low infectivity but high ...
Henipavirus
Henipavirus is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales containing three established species: Hendra virus, Nipah virus and Cedar virus. The henipaviruses are naturally harboured by Pteropid fruit bats (flying foxes) and some microbat species. Henipavirus is characterised by a large genome, a wide host range, and their recent emergence as zoonotic pathogens capable of causing illness and death in domestic animals and humans.In 2009, RNA sequences of three novel viruses in phylogenetic relationship to known Henipaviruses were detected in Eidolon helvum (the African straw-colored fruit bat) in Ghana. The finding of these novel putative Henipaviruses outside Australia and Asia indicates that the region of potential endemicity of Henipaviruses extends to Africa.