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Epidemiology of henipavirus disease in humans.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2012; 359:25-40.CT

Abstract

All seven recognized human cases of Hendra virus (HeV) infection have occurred in Queensland, Australia. Recognized human infections have all resulted from a HeV infected horse that was unusually efficient in transmitting the virus and a person with a high exposure to infectious secretions. In the large outbreak in Malaysia where Nipah virus (NiV) was first identified, most human infections resulted from close contact with NiV infected pigs. Outbreak investigations in Bangladesh have identified drinking raw date palm sap as the most common pathway of NiV transmission from Pteropus bats to people, but person-to-person transmission of NiV has been repeatedly identified in Bangladesh and India. Although henipaviruses are not easily transmitted to people, these newly recognized, high mortality agents warrant continued scientific attention.

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Luby SP
Department of Medicine, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA. sluby@stanford.edu
Gurley ES
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AnimalsArecaceaeAustraliaBangladeshChiropteraDisease OutbreaksFruitHendra VirusHenipavirus InfectionsHorse DiseasesHorsesHumansIndiaMalaysiaNipah VirusPhylogeography

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22752412

Citation

Luby, Stephen P., and Emily S. Gurley. "Epidemiology of Henipavirus Disease in Humans." Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 359, 2012, pp. 25-40.
Luby SP, Gurley ES. Epidemiology of henipavirus disease in humans. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2012;359:25-40.
Luby, S. P., & Gurley, E. S. (2012). Epidemiology of henipavirus disease in humans. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 359, 25-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2012_207
Luby SP, Gurley ES. Epidemiology of Henipavirus Disease in Humans. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2012;359:25-40. PubMed PMID: 22752412.
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