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Subclinical infection without encephalitis in mice following intranasal exposure to Nipah virus-Malaysia and Nipah virus-Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Nipah virus and Hendra virus are closely related and following natural or experimental exposure induce similar clinical disease. In humans, encephalitis is the most serious outcome of infection and, hitherto, research into the pathogenesis of
Deborah Middleton, Fenella Long, Glenn A Marsh, Johanna Dups, Lin-Fa Wang, Rachel Arkinstall   +5 more
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Hendra virus infection in a veterinarian [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2006
A veterinarian became infected with Hendra virus (HeV) after managing a terminally ill horse and performing a limited autopsy with inadequate precautions. Although she was initially only mildly ill, serological tests suggested latent HeV infection. Nevertheless, she remains well 2 years after her initial illness. Recently emerged zoonotic viruses, such
Hanna, J.N., McBride, W.J., Brookes, D.L., Shield, J., Taylor, C.T., Smith, I.L., Craig, S.B., Smith, G.A.   +7 more
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Inhibition of Henipavirus fusion and infection by heptad-derived peptides of the Nipah virus fusion glycoprotein

Virology Journal, 2005
Background The recent emergence of four new members of the paramyxovirus family has heightened the awareness of and re-energized research on new and emerging diseases.
Eaton Bryan T, Wang Lin-Fa, Crameri Gary, Mungall Bruce A, Bossart Katharine N, Broder Christopher C   +5 more
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Zoonosis emergence linked to agricultural intensification and environmental change [PDF]

, 2013
A systematic review was conducted by a multidisciplinary team to analyze qualitatively best available scientific evidence on the effect of agricultural intensification and environmental changes on the risk of zoonoses for which there are epidemiological ...
Artois, B. A. Jones, Belotto, Boureau, Brown, Childs, Chomel, Chua, Cleaveland, Cutler, D. Grace, D. McKeever, D. U. Pfeiffer, Daszak, Drew, Drexler, Ducheyne, Dugan, Epstein, Epstein, F. Mutua, Fevre, Field, Gilchrist, Goldberg, Graham, Harper, Hayman, Hsu, Irvine, J. McDermott, J. Rushton, J. Young, Jones, Keesing, Landolt, Lehle, Leibler, Leroy, M. Y. Said, Mas-Coma, Mathews, Maudlin, McMichael, Morse, Pepin, Pfeffer, R. Kock, Reynes, Rwego, S. Alonso, Sendow, Sims, Springbett, Tricco, van den Hurk, Vora, Wacharapluesadee, Woolhouse, Yob   +59 more
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Nipah Virus Infection in Bats (Order Chiroptera) in Peninsular Malaysia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
Nipah virus, family Paramyxoviridae, caused disease in pigs and humans in peninsular Malaysia in 1998-99. Because Nipah virus appears closely related to Hendra virus, wildlife surveillance focused primarily on pteropid bats (suborder Megachiroptera), a ...
Johara Mohd Yob, Hume Field, Azmin Mohd Rashdi, Christopher Morrissy, Brenda van der Heide, Paul Rota, Azri bin Adzhar, John White, Peter Daniels, Aziz Jamaluddin, Thomas Ksiazek   +10 more
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Investigation of the climatic and environmental context of Hendra virus spillover events 1994-2010. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Hendra virus is a recently emerged bat-borne zoonotic agent with high lethality in horses and humans in Australia. This is a rare disease and the determinants of bat to horse transmission, including the factors that bring these hosts together at critical
Rosemary McFarlane, Niels Becker, Hume Field   +2 more
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Nipah shell disorder, modes of infection, and virulence [PDF]

, 2020
The Nipah Virus (NiV) was first isolated during a 1998–9 outbreak in Malaysia. The outbreak initially infected farm pigs and then moved to humans from pigs with a case-fatality rate (CFR) of about 40%.
Dunker, A. Keith, Foster, James A., Goh, Gerard Kian-Meng, Uversky, Vladimir N.   +3 more
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A Recombinant Hendra Virus G Glycoprotein Subunit Vaccine Protects Nonhuman Primates against Hendra Virus Challenge [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 2014
ABSTRACT Hendra virus (HeV) is a zoonotic emerging virus belonging to the family Paramyxoviridae . HeV causes severe and often fatal respiratory and/or neurologic disease in both animals and humans. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines or antiviral drugs approved for human use.
Chad E, Mire, Joan B, Geisbert, Krystle N, Agans, Yan-Ru, Feng, Karla A, Fenton, Katharine N, Bossart, Lianying, Yan, Yee-Peng, Chan, Christopher C, Broder, Thomas W, Geisbert   +9 more
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Hendra in the Hunter Valley

One Health, 2020
In June 2019 the first equine case of Hendra virus in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia was detected. An urgent human and animal health response took place, involving biosecurity measures, contact tracing, promotion of equine vaccinations and
K.M. Williamson, S. Wheeler, J. Kerr, J. Bennett, P. Freeman, J. Kohlhagen, A.J. Peel, P. Eby, T. Merritt, T. Housen, C. Dalton, D.N. Durrheim, Liam Chirio, Adrienne Dale, Devin Jones, Kirk Silas   +15 more
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Pandemic potential of henipaviruses

Journal of Medical Science, 2023
Introduction and purpose. Hendra and Nipah are two highly dangerous zoonotic viruses belonging to the group of henipaviruses. Although they have been known for more than 20 years, no human drug or vaccine has been invented for them.
Aleksandra Wojtkiewicz, Maciej Szota, Kornelia Kędziora–Kornatowska   +2 more
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