Novel Hendra Virus Variant Circulating in Black Flying Foxes and Grey-Headed Flying Foxes, Australia

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2022 Apr 21

PMID 35447052

Authors

Alison J Peel

Claude Kwe Yinda

Edward J Annand

Adrienne S Dale

Peggy Eby

John-Sebastian Eden

Devin N Jones

Maureen K Kessler

Tamika J Lunn

Tim Pearson

Jonathan E Schulz

Ina L Smith

Vincent J Munster

Raina K Plowright

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Abstract

A novel Hendra virus variant, genotype 2, was recently discovered in a horse that died after acute illness and in Pteropus flying fox tissues in Australia. We detected the variant in flying fox urine, the pathway relevant for spillover, supporting an expanded geographic range of Hendra virus risk to horses and humans.

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