China's Shandong and Henan detect new zoonotic virus, 35 people reportedly infected

[Still Waters]

A new type of animal-derived Henipavirus (also named Langya henipavirus, LayV) that can infect humans has been found in East China's Shandong Province and Central China's Henan Province, and has so far infected 35 people in the two provinces, according to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by scientists from China and Singapore.

The new type of Henipavirus was found in throat swab samples from febrile patients in eastern China with a history of contact with animals in recent times, according to media reports.

Henipavirus can cause severe disease in animals and humans and are classified as biosafety Level 4 viruses with case fatality rates between 40-75 percent, according to the data from World Health Organization (WHO), highlighting that this is much higher than the fatality rate of the coronavirus.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1272556.shtml

[+OverSword]

Oh joy!!  Yet more new diseases 

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1 hour ago, Still Waters said:

classified as biosafety Level 4 viruses with case fatality rates between 40-75 percent

If THIS one takes hold and spreads like Covid, global warming won't be such an issue any longer.  However, folks will have to excuse me waiting to see people dropping like flies around me before I believe this storyline again.

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1 hour ago, OverSword said:

Oh joy!!  Yet more new diseases 

Just wait tell the ancient glaciers in Tibet melt