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Hendra virus

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Hen·dra virus (hndr)
n.
A paramyxovirus that causes encephalitis in humans and is transmitted from animals.
Hendra virus
the cause of a highly fatal respiratory virus disease of horses. A paramyxovirus in the genus Henipavirus, related to Nipah virus, that is transmitted from bats and is zoonotic causing a highly fatal but rare infection in humans.


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tested Nipah virus Hendra virus Eidolon dupreanum Marozevo (Moramanga) 53 10 10 Miandrivazo 2 0 0 Ankarana 18 4 1 Pteropus rufus Marovitsika (Moramanga) 33 2 2 Miandrivazo 112 4 0 Marovoay 140 0 0 Beroboka 27 0 0 Vangaindrano 37 0 0 Rousettus madagascariensis Ankarana 5 0 0 Total 427 20 13 Seropositive samples Species and location Tioman virus Total (%) Eidolon dupreanum 14/73 (19.
Henipavirus and Tioman virus antibodies in pteropodid bats, Madagascar by Reynes, Jean-Marc / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Conservation medicine: combining the best of all worlds by Weinhold, Bob / Environmental Health Perspectives
The Paramyxovirus family contains other virulent pathogens such as measles and mumps as well as two recently recognized viruses, Hendra virus and Nipah virus.
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