Here's what we know so far about a new virus, Langya henipavirus, which is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China's Shandong and Henan provinces.
A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021.
Symptoms reported appeared to be mostly mild—fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, nausea and headache—although we don’t know how long the patients were unwell. to find this new virus. Researchers sequence all genetic material then discard the “known” sequences to look for “unknown” sequences that might represent a new virus.
However, the authors say they didn’t find any other cause of the illness in 26 people, there was evidence 14 people’s immune systems had responded to the virus, and people who were more unwell had more virus.This new virus appears to be a close cousin of two other viruses that are significant in humans: Nipah virus and Hendra virus.
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