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Pathogenicity and virulence of henipaviruses

open access: yesVirulence, 2023
Paramyxoviruses are a family of single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses, many of which are responsible for a range of respiratory and neurological diseases in humans and animals.
Benjamin Kaza, Hector C. Aguilar
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Pandemic potential of henipaviruses

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
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Recently Emerged Novel Henipa-like Viruses: Shining a Spotlight on the Shrew

open access: yesViruses, 2023
Henipaviruses are zoonotic viruses, including some highly pathogenic and capable of serious disease and high fatality rates in both animals and humans.
Sarah Caruso, Sarah J. Edwards
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The distribution of henipaviruses in Southeast Asia and Australasia: is Wallace's line a barrier to Nipah virus? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Nipah virus (NiV) (Genus Henipavirus) is a recently emerged zoonotic virus that causes severe disease in humans and has been found in bats of the genus Pteropus.
Andrew C Breed   +8 more
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Evidence of exposure to henipaviruses in domestic pigs in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yesTransboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2019
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV), belonging to the genus Henipavirus, are among the most pathogenic of viruses in humans. Old World fruit bats (family Pteropodidae) are the natural reservoir hosts.
Christine Atherstone   +9 more
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Hendra and Nipah Virus Infection in Cultured Human Olfactory Epithelial Cells [PDF]

open access: yesmSphere, 2017
Henipaviruses are emerging zoonotic viruses and causative agents of encephalitis in humans. However, the mechanisms of entry into the central nervous system (CNS) in humans are not known.
Viktoriya Borisevich   +3 more
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Emerging epidemic viral encephalitides with a special focus on henipaviruses [PDF]

open access: yesActa Neuropathologica, 2010
In the last few decades, there is an increasing emergence and re-emergence of viruses, such as West Nile virus, Enterovirus 71 and henipaviruses that cause epidemic viral encephalitis and other central nervous system (CNS) manifestations. The mortality and morbidity associated with these outbreaks are significant and frequently severe. While aspects of
Wong, Kum Thong
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Henipaviruses: Emerging Paramyxoviruses Associated with Fruit Bats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Two related, novel, zoonotic paramyxoviruses have been described recently. Hendra virus was first reported in horses and thence humans in Australia in 1994; Nipah virus was first reported in pigs and thence humans in Malaysia in 1998. Human cases of Nipah virus infection, apparently unassociated with infection in livestock, have been reported in ...
Field, H.E., MacKenzie, J.S., Daszak, P.
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Rhabdovirus-Based Vaccine Platforms against Henipaviruses [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Virology, 2015
ABSTRACT The emerging zoonotic pathogens Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) are in the genus Henipavirus in the family Paramyxoviridae . HeV and NiV infections can be highly fatal to humans and livestock.
Drishya Kurup   +4 more
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