Hendra virus is a highly lethal zoonotic pathogen primarily transmitted from flying foxes to horses and occasionally humans, ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

A Letter to the Editor just published in the New England Journal of Medicine described how the Langya henipavirus (LayV) has left at least 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China ...

Langya henipavirus, also known as Langya virus, has been detected in China. 35 People have been diagnosed with the virus so far. To date, the virus does not appear to spread between humans. A new ...

Henipavirus antibodies have been detected in people and Pteropus bats in Africa. It's estimated that 2 billion people live in the parts of the world where henipavirus spillovers from bats, or ...

The new Langya henipavirus, or LayV, closely resembles the Nipah virus, which kills up to 75% of those infected. Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Further studies screening for Langya henipavirus would follow and should be conducted not only in the two provinces were the virus was found, but more widely within China and beyond, he said.

In December 2018, a 53-year-old woman showed up at a hospital in China with flu-like symptoms. She was infected with a henipavirus, a class that includes some dangerous pathogens like Nipah virus ...

Thirty five people are known to have been infected by Langya henipavirus in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China between December 2018 and May 2021. Close. Advertisement. Skip to content.

A new flu-like virus has been detected in China, and its name is Langya henipavirus (LayV). Here's what you need to know about the 35 confirmed infections.

A new virus known as Langya henipavirus (LayV) has been found in 35 patients in China, a new correspondence from Chinese and Singaporean scientists published in The New England Journal of Medicine ...

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