Thirty five people are known to have been infected by Langya henipavirus in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China between December 2018 and May 2021
, first identified in 1999 in Malaysia, is also part of this genus. Both infections have high fatality rates in people.
Of these 26 people, all experienced a fever. Fatigue was the second most common symptom , followed by a cough and muscle aches and pains . The researchers tested 25 species of small wild animals for the virus. More than a quarter of the 262 shrews they surveyed had detectable levels of LayV, suggesting that they may be the virus’ natural reservoir.
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