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HENIPAVIRUS [4 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
CONT

Hendra and Nipah viruses have been associated with limited outbreaks with high lethality in domesticated animals and humans. Different from most paramyxoviruses, henipaviruses have a wide host range, including bats, pigs, horses and humans.

OBS

henipavirus : When this designation is used as a vernacular term referring to the collective members of the genus of viruses, it is not written in italics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
OBS

henipavirus : Lorsque cette désignation est utilisée comme nom vernaculaire faisant référence à l'ensemble des membres du genre de virus, elle n'est pas écrite en italiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

A genus of viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae.

OBS

Henipavirus : The genus of a virus should be written in italics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Genre de virus de la famille des Paramyxoviridae.

OBS

Henipavirus : Le genre d'un virus doit être écrit en italiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
CONT

Hendra virus(HeV) is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus. HeV 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. It is related to Nipah virus, another species in the genus Henipavirus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
  • Maladies des animaux
CONT

Le virus Hendra est connu depuis 1994. Les infections humaines et équines peuvent se traduire par des syndromes respiratoires bénins (fièvre, céphalées, myalgies, toux) ou une pneumonie sévère menant à une détresse respiratoire, parfois par une atteinte neurologique (méningite, encéphalite).

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
CONT

Langya henipavirus(LayV) is related to Nipah virus and Hendra virus, which are RNA viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae.

CONT

The team sequenced the LayV genome from a throat swab taken from the first patient identified with the disease, a 53-year-old woman. The virus was named after a town called Langya, in Shandong, where she was from ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
  • Maladies des animaux

Spanish

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