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Henipaviruses—A constant threat to livestock and humans [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
In this review, we highlight the risk to livestock and humans from infections with henipaviruses, which belong to the virus family Paramyxoviridae. We provide a comprehensive overview of documented outbreaks of Nipah and Hendra virus infections affecting
Susann Kummer
exaly   +9 more sources

Pathogenicity and virulence of henipaviruses

Virulence, 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
doaj   +4 more sources

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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Recently Emerged Novel Henipa-like Viruses: Shining a Spotlight on the Shrew

Viruses, 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
doaj   +2 more sources

The distribution of henipaviruses in Southeast Asia and Australasia: is Wallace's line a barrier to Nipah virus? [PDF]

PLoS 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, Joanne Meers, Indrawati Sendow, Katharine N Bossart, Jennifer A Barr, Ina Smith, Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, Linfa Wang, Hume E Field   +8 more
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Hendra and Nipah Virus Infection in Cultured Human Olfactory Epithelial Cells [PDF]

mSphere, 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, Mehmet Hakan Ozdener, Bilal Malik, Barry Rockx   +3 more
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Evidence of exposure to henipaviruses in domestic pigs in Uganda [PDF]

Transboundary 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, Sandra Diederich, Hana M. Weingartl, Kerstin Fischer, Anne Balkema‐Buschmann, Delia Grace, Silvia Alonso, Navneet K. Dhand, Michael P. Ward, Siobhan M. Mor   +9 more
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One health and bat-borne henipaviruses

New Microbes and New Infections
Om Prakash Choudhary, Hitesh Chopra
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Henipaviruses: Emerging Paramyxoviruses Associated with Fruit Bats [PDF]

, 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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Henipaviruses and Fruit Bats, Papua New Guinea

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Hume Field, Kim Halpin
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