What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?
- Written by: Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
People could have caught the virus from wild shrews.Erhard Nerger/Getty ImagesA new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021.
It’s related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans. However, there’s...
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