The message from the latest Hendra virus ... in maintaining the virus, even those that ... the virus is in quite low levels of about 3 per cent, and we are talking black flying foxes and the ...

Plowright, a disease ecologist at Cornell University who studies pandemic prevention, was interested in bats because they carry a virus called Hendra ... species of bat: black flying foxes ...

Habitat loss and food shortages have pushed bats into closer proximity to horses and humans, fueling Hendra virus spillover ... altering the ecology of black flying foxes. Deforestation, coupled ...

Plowright, a disease ecologist at Cornell University who studies pandemic prevention, was interested in bats because they carry a virus called Hendra ... species of bat: black flying foxes ...

"But it seems that the black flying fox and the related spectacled flying fox in far north Queensland excrete most of the virus and seem to define the likelihood of Hendra virus spill-over in horses.

Horses are most likely to catch Hendra from urine excreted by black flying foxes. The research - a major advancement in understanding how the deadly virus is spread - has been discussed at a ...

New therapy protects monkeys from Hendra virus Date: October 20, 2011 Source: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Summary: A new treatment for the deadly Hendra virus has proven ...

The "Cedar" virus, discovered in a black bat colony in South East Queensland, has been described by scientists as a "close relative" of Hendra and Nipah, but tests have revealed it is not nearly ...

Hendra is a deadly virus that is endemic in Australia and is ... her neck and her head craned toward the treetops. One large black bat swooped overhead and made a wide, banked turn, expelling ...