Experts have warned the world needs to be 'vigilant' but not alarmed over new cases. 9News
Sanjaya Senanayake, a specialist in infectious diseases and associate professor of medicine at the Australian National University, said cases should be tracked closely."The reason to be vigilant about this virus is that it is a henipavirus, which comes from the same family as Hendra and Nipah, both of which have caused deaths in humans," he said.More than a quarter of 262 shrews surveyed had detectable levels of LayV, suggesting the small mammal may be the virus’ natural reservoir.
A 3D illustration of Hendra virus, a bat-borne virus associated with a highly fatal infection in horses and humans."Regarding this infection, it is still early days but there are some reassuring signs," he says."That there don't seem to have been many cases - the earliest case seems to have been 2018 - and that person-to person-transmission hasn't been found, unlike