ArticleVirulence2023
Langya henipavirus: Is it a potential cause for public health concern?
Article in Virulence, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Langya henipavirus (LayV) as an emerging zoonotic disease: a mini-review.New microbes and new infections · 2025Review
- Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses: Evolution, Ecology, and Public Health Strategies in a Changing World.Viruses · 2024Review
- The cryo-EM structure of homotetrameric attachment glycoprotein from langya henipavirus.Nature communications · 2024Article
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Abstract
A new virus, named Langya henipavirus (LayV), has recently been identified in Shandong and Henan provinces in China and has so far infected 35 individuals between April 2018 and August 2021. It is closely related to other known henipaviruses (Nipah and Hendra viruses) that can cause up to 70% human case fatality. Even though LayV has not been shown to be fatal in humans and does not appear to be transmitted from human-to-human, it is an RNA virus with the capacity to evolve genetically in the infected hosts (e.g. shrews) and can infect humans (e.g. farmers who have been in close contacts with shrews). It is therefore important to be vigilant about this new viral outbreak.
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