Directory of Hendra Virus Resources

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"Hendra virus (formerly called equine morbillivirus) is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae. The virus was first isolated in 1994 from specimens obtained during an outbreak of respiratory and neurologic disease in horses and humans in Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia." (from CDC)

Resources in This Category

• Hendra Virus Disease

  http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/hendra/
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention present details of pathology, signs and symptoms, with a fact sheet to download.

• Hendra virus horse put down

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-15/hendra-virus-horse-put-down/477478
  ABC news report of the euthanasia of an infected animal who recovered from the virus.

• Hendra virus infection in a veterinarian

  http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/185_10_201106/han10698_fm.html
  The Medical Journal of Australia presents an account of one of the human cases, including details of the mode of transmission from horses.

• Isolation of Hendra virus from pteropid bats

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10900029
  Abstract from the Journal of General Virology. Full text article may be downloaded free of charge.

• Merck Veterinary Manual: Hendra Virus Infection

  http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/generalized_conditions/hendra_virus_infection/overview_of_hendra_virus_infection.html
  Etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, transmission, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, control, prevention and zoonotic risk.

• New virus emerges in Malaysia

  http://www.cmaj.ca/content/160/11/1607.full.pdf
  A full-text article from the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association describes a case in a pig farmer.

• Outbreak of Hendra-Like Virus

  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056866.htm
  The CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes cases from Malaysia and Singapore in 1998-1999.

• Qld vet dies of Hendra virus

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/21/2342124.htm
  ABC news report of the first human death in ten years.

• The Exceptionally Large Genome of Hendra Virus

  http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/74/21/9972
  Abstract from The Journal of Virology supports the creation of a new genus within the Family Paramyxoviridae. Full text available to download.

• Wikipedia: Henipavirus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henipavirus
  Encyclopedia article on this genus of viruses responsible for the infectious diseases, Hendravirus and Nipahvirus, and transmitted by fruit bats. Includes details of the emergence and outbreaks of each disease.

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