The story so far: A new zoonotic virus that has evolved to infect humans was identified in China in August. On August 4, the New England Journal of Medicine described the virus called Langya, reported in patients in Eastern China. In a letter published in NEJM, a team of researchers from China and Singapore led by Xiao-Ai Zhang, Hao Li, …
A new type of animal-derived Henipavirus has so far infected people in Shandong and Henan provinces of China, official media here reported on Tuesday. The new type of Henipavirus was found in throat swab samples from febrile patients in eastern China, state-run Global Times quoted media reports. The cases of Langya henipavirus so far have not been fatal or very …
Even as Covid-19 has not completely been wiped out and the new monkeypox outbreak has raised concerns, a new type of animal-derived virus has been reported in China. The Henipavirus - also known as ‘Langya’ henipavirus - has so far infected 35 people in eastern China's Henan and Shandong provinces, the country's official media reported on Tuesday. None of the …
