#hendravirus — Public Fediverse posts
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Two Novel Henipaviruses Detected in Fruit bats in China
The henipaviruses, Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV) are known to cause fatal diseases in humans............
#bats #china #Fruitbats #hendravirus #henipavirus #Langyavirus #nipahvirus #Paramyxoviridae #Yunnan
Umesh Prasad -
@PrecautionaryPrinciple @[email protected]
If the birds rely on the food then stressing wildlife can sometimes increase the risk, i think this has been observed with #Hendravirus in #Flyingfoxes
The most important thing to get out of your garden is any domestic birds, it might be good to convert any breakfast layers into a Sunday roast. (Obviously only if you have the skill and facilities to do that safely and humanely, I'm half joking, contact an expert of some sort for advice.)
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@harmonicarichard @jonashello @CdrHBiscuitIII @[email protected] @[email protected]
actually #Hendravirus and #ABLV #Lyssavirus are NOT mild in humans (50% to 100% mortality) but we manage to stop humans catching them very successfully!
so SARS-cov-2 infecting wild animals is not an excuse to give up.
this disinfo graphic still bugs me a year later… yes, eradication is doomed, but that's not an excuse to just give up completely and wallow in filth like the #NSW #LNP
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@jonashello @harmonicarichard @CdrHBiscuitIII @[email protected]
Total eradication is probably impossible, descendants of pandemic variants have already got back into wildlife.
BUT being #Endemic in animals doesn't mean numerous human cases are inevitable.
#Australia has some horrifying endemic viruses including #Hendravirus and #ABLV (Aussie #rabies) but human cases of both are zero in most years. Even if these transmitted easily between humans, a swift response could contain infrequent outbreaks.
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Terrific disease ecology study showing links between environmental change (e.g. #deforestation) and #hendravirus #spillover from #bats. #zoonoses #onehealth
Article by @EmilyAnthes
NYTimes: Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost https://nyti.ms/3tSGf1X