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

Twenty new viruses found in bat kidneys in China include strains genetically similar to Nipah and Hendra, alarming experts over potential spillover to humans.

The death of an unvaccinated horse from Hendra virus this week in southeast Queensland is the state’s first reported case in ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, India. This zoonotic pathogen, originating in fruit bats a ...

Common symptoms of Nipah virus include fever, headache, dizziness, and loss of consciousness. Cough, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and blurred vision can also occur in rare cases.

Scientists discovered 22 new viruses in bats from Yunnan province, China, raising serious concerns among public health and virology experts. Among these, two newly identified henipaviruses alarmed ...

Nipah (NiV) and Hendra (HeV) viruses, two closely related members of the Henipavirus genus, continue to raise global concern due to their high mortality rates and potential for zoonotic spillover.

The research team warned that this henipavirus can spread through bat urine. This means bats might contaminate the fruit people eat, making it easier for the virus to spread.

20 new viruses have been found in bats from China’s Yunnan. Two of them are genetically similar to lethal Nipah and Hendra, raising fears of spillover via contaminated fruits or water.

It is a kind of henipavirus, which belongs to the large family of Paramyxoviridae. Henipaviruses such as Hendra are zoonotic, which means they occur naturally in animals but can also be passed on to ...