| bats without borders: long-distance movements and implications for disease risk management. | fruit bats of the genus pteropus (commonly known as flying-foxes) are the natural hosts of several recently emerged zoonotic viruses of animal and human health significance in australia and asia, including hendra and nipah viruses. satellite telemetry was used on nine flying-foxes of three species (pteropus alecto n=5, p. vampyrus n=2, and p. neohibernicus n=2) to determine the scale and pattern of their long-distance movements and their potential to transfer these viruses between countries in t ... | 2010 | 20645122 |
| Evidence of Endemic Hendra Virus Infection in Flying-Foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus)-Implications for Disease Risk Management. | This study investigated the seroepidemiology of Hendra virus in a spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) population in northern Australia, near the location of an equine and associated human Hendra virus infection in late 2004. The pattern of infection in the population was investigated using a serial cross-sectional serological study over a 25-month period, with blood sampled from 521 individuals over six sampling sessions. Antibody titres to the virus were determined by virus neutrali ... | 2011 | 22194920 |
| emerging tropical diseases in australia. part 5. hendra virus. | hendra virus (hev) was first isolated in 1994, from a disease outbreak involving at least 21 horses and two humans in the brisbane suburb of hendra, australia. the affected horses and humans all developed a severe but unidentified respiratory disease that resulted in the deaths of one of the human cases and the deaths or putting down of 14 of the horses. the virus, isolated by culture from a horse and the kidney of the fatal human case, was initially characterised as a new member of the genus mo ... | 2011 | 21294944 |
| human hendra virus encephalitis associated with equine outbreak, australia, 2008. | a recent hendra virus outbreak at a veterinary clinic in brisbane, queensland, australia, involved 5 equine and 2 human infections. in contrast to previous outbreaks, infected horses had predominantly encephalitic, rather than respiratory, signs. after an incubation period of 9-16 days, influenza-like illnesses developed in the 2 persons before progressing to encephalitis; 1 died. both patients were given ribavirin. basal serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels were 10-13 mg/l after intravenous adm ... | 2010 | 20113550 |
| hendra virus under the microscope. | | 2005 | 15971804 |
| hendra virus: what do we know? | hendra virus infection is an emerging infectious disease that is not well understood. most cases of hendra virus infection have occurred in queensland, with one case in a horse in nsw. hendra virus infection has a high mortality rate in horses and humans and as cases could occur anywhere in australia it is important to be ready for prompt action should an outbreak occur in nsw. this paper: reviews the current knowledge on hendra virus infection including methods for preventing the disease; expla ... | 2011 | 21781619 |