Hendra virus (Hendra henipavirus) is a zoonotic virus found solely in Australia. First isolated in 1994, the virus has since been connected to numerous outbreaks of disease in domestic horses and seven human cases.

Mar 7, 2022 · Hendra virus (HeV; genus Henipavirus, family Paramyxoviridae) is a well-characterised zoonotic pathogen endemic to Pteropus spp. bats (flying foxes) in Australia. Spillover from bats to horses has been detected 63 times; …

Background. Hendra virus (HeV) has caused lethal disease outbreaks in humans and horses in Australia. Flying foxes are the wildlife reservoir from which the virus was first isolated in 1996. Following a heat stress mortality event in Australian flying …

Apr 19, 2024 · Hendra virus was first identified during a 1994 outbreak of lung and brain disease in horses and people in Hendra, Australia. The virus is part of the same virus family (Paramyxoviruses) as Nipah virus. Pteropus bats, or "flying fox" bats, are the animal that maintains Hendra virus in nature.

A novel Hendra virus variant, genotype 2, was recently discovered in a horse that died after acute illness and in Pteropus flying fox tissues in Australia. We detected the variant in flying fox urine, the pathway relevant for spillover, supporting an expanded geographic range of Hendra virus risk to horses and humans.

Hendra virus is present in all four mainland Pteropus species of bats in Australia, namely the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto), the grey headed flying fox (P. poliocephalus), the spectacled flying fox (P. conspicillatus) and the little red flying fox (P.scapulatus).

[Sarah Gregory] So your study is specifically about a new variant of Hendra virus. A few years ago, most people would not have even heard of the word variant. But now it’s a pretty common word with COVID. How is this strain different from the previous Hendra virus?

Dec 1, 2020 · Black flying fox and grey-headed flying fox species were detected in the Valley. The incident prompted review of Hendra virus resources at local and national levels. This event near the “horse capital of Australia”, is the southernmost known equine Hendra case.

Apr 12, 2022 · Researchers reported on the detection of a novel Hendra virus variant of genotype 2 (HeV-g2) in the urine of grey-headed and black flying foxes in Australia.

Hendra virus was first isolated in 1994 from specimens obtained during an outbreak of respiratory and neurological disease in horses and humans in Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Of 20 horses that suffered from severe respiratory disease in September 1994, 13 died.