Hendra virus: an emerging paramyxovirus in Australia

Mahalingam, Suresh, Herrero, Lara J., Playford, E. Geoffrey, Spann, Kirsten, Herring, Belinda, Rolph, Michael S., Middleton, Deborah, McCall, Bradley, Field, Hume and Wang, Lin-Fa (2012) Hendra virus: an emerging paramyxovirus in Australia. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 12 10: 799-807.


Author Mahalingam, Suresh
Herrero, Lara J.
Playford, E. Geoffrey
Spann, Kirsten
Herring, Belinda
Rolph, Michael S.
Middleton, Deborah
McCall, Bradley
Field, Hume
Wang, Lin-Fa
Title Hendra virus: an emerging paramyxovirus in Australia
Journal name Lancet Infectious Diseases  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank A*)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2012-10
Sub-type Review of research - research literature review (NOT book review
DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70158-5
Volume number 12
Issue number 10
ISSN 1473-3099
Start page 799
End page 807
Total pages 9
Place of publication London, England, U.K.
Publisher The Lancet Publishing Group
Collection year 2013
Language eng
Abstract Hendra virus, first identified in 1994 in Queensland, is an emerging zoonotic pathogen gaining importance in Australia because a growing number of infections are reported in horses and people. The virus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae (genus Henipavirus), is transmitted to horses by pteropid bats (fruit bats or flying foxes), with human infection a result of direct contact with infected horses. Case-fatality rate is high in both horses and people, and so far, more than 60 horses and four people have died from Hendra virus infection in Australia. Human infection is characterised by an acute encephalitic syndrome or relapsing encephalitis, for which no effective treatment is currently available. Recent identification of Hendra virus infection in a domestic animal outside the laboratory setting, and the large range of pteropid bats in Australia, underpins the potential of this virus to cause greater morbidity and mortality in both rural and urban populations and its importance to both veterinary and human health. Attempts at treatment with ribavirin and chloroquine have been unsuccessful. Education, hygiene, and infection control measures have hitherto been the mainstay of prevention, while access to monoclonal antibody treatment and development of an animal vaccine offer further opportunities for disease prevention and control.
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