A new virus of animal origin has put China on alert after health authorities identified 35 cases of the disease, known to be from the henipavirus family and which has already been baptized as Langya. The infections took place between the provinces of Shandong and Henan. Related news According to The New England Journal of Medicine, experts still consider that it is early to analyze to what extent it can spread, but they affirm that it is necessary to closely monitor the evolution of this new zoonosis. What animal does this virus come from? One of the transmission vectors is fruit bats, which are considered natural hosts of the Hendra and Nipah viruses. The presence of the virus has also been analyzed in different animals and they detected it in domestic species such as goats and dogs. Among the wild species, they found a predominance of shrews, which can also be considered a possible transmitter of Henipavirus. What are the symptoms of Langya? Is it a deadly disease? As reported in the scientific journal, an analysis was carried out on the 35 patients suspected of this condition and they were diagnosed with a watery Langya infection. In 26 of them, it was the only pathogen detected. Its symptoms are similar to those of covid-19, which first appeared in another Chinese territory, Wuhan, and is said to have come from a bat. Thus, the person infected with Henipavirus may have fever, muscle fatigue or cough. Other effects of contracting the virus also lie in headache, loss of appetite or nausea and vomiting. Also, clinical abnormalities that were considered frequent, such as thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets), leukopenia (low number of white blood cells), and impaired liver and kidney function. However, it should be explained that the study took place in 2019, although it has now been released. Is there a vaccine for the disease? The way to prevent this disease is through a vaccine, but, today, it only exists for animals, specifically, for horses. However, there is no vaccine for people. What other viruses is it related to? This disease is a new member of the henipavirus family, to which Hendra and NipahDe Hendra also belong, which was first recorded in Brisbane from Hendra, Australia, in 1994, the WHO said that “it is a rare emerging zoonosis that causes serious and often fatal diseases in both infected horses and humans”. That outbreak involved 21 stable racehorses and two human cases. Since then, seven humans have contracted the virus from infected horses, particularly through close contact with these animals, during their care or necropsy of sick or dead horses. For its part, Nipah virus is a zoonotic pathogen transmitted mainly from animals to people. Its clinical manifestations are diverse and range from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory infection and fatal encephalitis. Despite its limited outbreaks, especially in parts of Asia, the WHO considers it to be a public health problem because it infects a wide variety of animals and causes serious and fatal diseases in people.
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