According to the website “Science Alert”, a study has sounded the alarm about the suspected emergence of a “new virus” in China, after 35 people were infected in Shandong and Henan provinces in nearly two years until 2021.
According to “New”, this virus is called “Langia henniba” and abbreviated as “Ly V” and is related to the “Nipa” and “Hendra” viruses that can kill humans after being infected. British Medical Journal”.
Chinese researchers first discovered the new virus as part of routine surveillance of people with fever who reported recent contact with animals.
It was investigated whether domestic or wild animals were the source of the virus, and there was direct evidence that a large proportion of “wild fly” animals harbored the virus.
According to Science Alert, this suggests that humans may have contracted the virus through flies.
Symptoms reported were mostly mild, such as “fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, nausea, and headache.”
Fewer patients had more serious complications, including pneumonia and abnormalities in liver and kidney function, but no deaths from the disease were reported.
According to the study, there is no indication that the virus is “likely to be transmitted from person to person,” but the virus is a close relative of two other viruses that can be transmitted between humans, Nipah and Hendra. “.
Hendra virus was first reported in Queensland in 1994, when it killed 14 horses and a trainer, according to the Labor Online website.
According to the World Health Organization, Nipah is considered one of the most dangerous viruses in the world and its outbreak has been reported repeatedly in Bangladesh.
According to the study, “scientists do not know much about the new virus, and more work is needed to determine the severity of the infection and how and to what extent it is spreading in China and the region.” “
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