He said the Hendra virus has a 70% fatality rate, and Nipah has "recorded fatality rates between 40 and 75 per cent in outbreaks in South-East Asia, including in Malaysia and Bangladesh." ...

A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, ...

Dr Rhys Parry from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences said Camp Hill virus was confirmed in shrews in the US state of Alabama. "Henipaviruses have caused serious disease and death in ...

Scientists in the US and Australia have laid out in detail the steps that cause Hendra virus, which causes a rare and sometimes deadly respiratory and neurological infection, to spillover into humans.

Nearly 100 of the missing vials contained Hendra virus, which has a 57% fatality rate among the few human cases since the illness was discovered in the mid-1990s. Two of the vials contained ...

The genus Henpavirus belongs to the Paramyxoviridae family and includes threee known virus species - Hendra virus (HeV), Nipah virus (NiV), and CedPV. The Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV ...

A new virus related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say there is currently "no evidence" that it has infected humans and the risk ...

"Henipaviruses have caused serious disease and death in people and animals in other regions," Dr. Parry said "One of the most dangerous is the Hendra virus, which was first detected in Brisbane ...