SEMARANG, Suaramerdeka.com – Society is still haunted threat Covid-19 virus, acute hepatitis of unknown cause and the Oral and Nail Disease Outbreak virus (PMK) which attacks livestock.
Recently, threat a new virus has been detected. Researchers at Australia’s Griffith University have discovered a new variant of the Hendra virus that can be transmitted to horses and humans.
Hendra virus infection (HeV) is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted to humans from animals. This disease had appeared in 1994 and 2016, has now been detected again.
“The results of our study by examining certain bat species reveal how this variant of the virus is transmitted to horses and humans,” said lead author Dr Alison Peel from the Center for Food Health and Safety, quoted on the official Griffith University website, Friday (13/5/2022).
Published in the journal Emerging Infectious Disease, a new variant of the Hendra virus was detected in the urine of black and gray-headed bats, which range from north-central Australia New South Wales to southeast Queensland.
“Grey-headed bat development in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Usually not considered a high risk for transmitting Hendra virus. But recent evidence suggests there is a risk of transmitting Hendra virus to horses and their caretakers (humans).”
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