A family of lethal viruses has leaped from bats to humans in Australia and Asia, and could pose a threat in West Africa as bats are butchered for meat, scientists reported Tuesday. Known as henipavirus, the family has two main members, Hendra and Nipah, which came to notoriety in the 1990s. They have been blamed for rare but worrying outbreaks of encephalitis and respiratory illness among domestic animals and humans in remote Australia, south and southeast ...Wednesday 19 November 2014
Henipavirus Threat from Bats in West Africa: Study
A family of lethal viruses has leaped from bats to humans in Australia and Asia, and could pose a threat in West Africa as bats are butchered for meat, scientists reported Tuesday. Known as henipavirus, the family has two main members, Hendra and Nipah, which came to notoriety in the 1990s. They have been blamed for rare but worrying outbreaks of encephalitis and respiratory illness among domestic animals and humans in remote Australia, south and southeast ...
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