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China reports 35 cases of human infection with new animal-derived virus

The virus was found in swabs taken from the pharynx of patients who had recent contact with animals. | Font: EFE

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Scientific study finds 35 human infections in two Chinese provinces new virus animal origin type GenipavirusThis was reported today by the state media.

Cases, among which there are no serious ones, were found in Shandong (this) and Henan (center), according to the official newspaper Global Timeswhich cites an article published by Chinese and Singaporean scientists in New England Journal of Medicineone of the most prestigious medical publications in the world.

The virus, for which there is currently no vaccine or treatment, has been found in throat samples from patients who have recently been in contact with animals and has been associated with symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, headaches and muscle and nausea.

According to the newspaper, later investigations showed that 26 out of 35 patients with this Genipavirus these clinical symptoms developed, to which irritability and vomiting are added.

According to the state news portal Paper Genipavirus is one of the main new causes of the jump from animal to human diseases (a process called zoonosis) in the Asia-Pacific region.

This environment indicates that one of the vectors of the virus is bats, which are considered the natural hosts of two of these viruses. Genipavirus known: Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah (NiV).

what is known

World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that Hendra virus causes infections in humans ranging from asymptomatic to acute respiratory infections and severe encephalitis, with an estimated mortality rate of 40 to 75%, which “may vary depending on local epidemiological and clinical management.”

At the moment he says Global Timeshuman-to-human transmission has not been proven, although previous reports indicate that this type of infection is not excluded either.

” coronavirus It will not be the last infectious disease to cause a pandemic, as new diseases will have an increasing impact on the daily life of mankind,” said the deputy director of the Department of Infectious Pathology at Huashan Hospital of Shanghai Fudan University (EFE)


Source: RPP

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