None of the cases are serious. They were found in Shandong and Henan provinces, a Chinese newspaper reports, citing an article from a prestigious medical journal.
A scientific study confirmed the detection in two provinces of China from 35 infections in humans of a new virus of animal origin of the Henipavirus type, as reported by state media. The business, none of them serioushave been found in Shandong and Henan, as noted by the official Global Times newspaper, which cites an article published by Chinese and Singaporean scientists in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most prestigious medical publications in the world.
The virus, for which there are currently no vaccines or treatments, has been detected through samples taken from the throats of patients who have had recent animal contact and has been associated with symptoms such as fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, pain and headache and muscle aches and nausea.
According to what was published by the paper, subsequent studies have shown that 26 out of 35 patients who carried this Henipavirus developed these clinical symptoms, to which are added irritability and vomiting.
According to state news portal The Paper, Henipavirus is one of the leading emerging causes of the jump from animal to human disease (a process called zoonosis), in the Asia-Pacific region. Said medium indicates that one of the virus transmission vectors are fruit bats, considered natural hosts of two of the known Henipaviruses: Hendra virus (HeV) and Nipah virus (NiV).
The World Health Organization (WHO) points out that Hendra virus causes infections in humans ranging from asymptomatic to acute respiratory infections and severe encephalitis, with an estimated death rate of between 40 and 75%, which “may vary depending on the function of local capacities.” for epidemiological research and clinical management”.
At present, the Global Times confirms, there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission, although previous reports indicate that this type of contamination has also not been ruled out: “The coronavirus will not be the last contagious disease to cause a pandemic, as new diseases will have an increasing impact on humanity’s daily life,” said the deputy director of the Infectious Pathology Department of Huashan Hospital, affiliated with Fudan University (Shanghai).
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