PEOPLE’S MIND The Hendra virus was first discovered infecting horses in the Brisbane suburb of Hendra, Australiain 1994.
At that time, Hendra virus infected 21 racehorses and 2 humans. In 2016, there were 53 cases caused by Hendra virus on the East Coast Australia.
The Hendra virus originates from bats of the genus Pteropus found in Australia.
Now, researchers have found Hendra virus new variant after a horse in Queensland, Australiadied mysteriously in 2015.
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At first, the vet’s tests on the horse didn’t find anything Hendra virus as a cause of death.
That’s because the tests are still designed to test the type of Hendra virus already known, isn’t it new variant.
The horse sample is then stored in the laboratory along with samples from horses that are routinely tested for disease.
“Instead of discarding samples after testing, we are partnering with the Queensland state biosecurity department to set up a biobank and develop a new system to identify unknown diseases,” said Dr. Edward Annand quoted Pikiran-rakyat.com from the website of The University of Sydney on 14 May 2022.
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