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''Hendra virus'', first identified in [[Australia]] in 1999, is a zoonotic virus that can cause disease in humans and animals.<ref name=WHOhendra>{{citation | '''Hendra virus''', first identified in [[Australia]] in 1999, is a zoonotic virus that can cause disease in humans and animals.<ref name=WHOhendra>{{citation | ||
| author = World Health Organization | | author = World Health Organization | ||
| title = 1999 - Hendra-like virus in Malaysia and Singapore | | title = 1999 - Hendra-like virus in Malaysia and Singapore | ||
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|url = http://www.who.int/csr/don/1999_04_07a/en/}}</ref> it is an [[overlap agent]] under the [[Select Agent Program]] due to high lethality and a wide range of susceptible hosts. | |url = http://www.who.int/csr/don/1999_04_07a/en/}}</ref> it is an [[overlap agent]] under the [[Select Agent Program]] due to high lethality and a wide range of susceptible hosts. | ||
Several zoonotic and vectorborne viral diseases have emerged, since the mid-1990s, in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, the first being Hendra virus, formerly called equine morbillivirus<ref name=Mackenzie2001>{{citation | Several zoonotic and vectorborne viral diseases have emerged, since the mid-1990s, in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, the first being Hendra virus, formerly called equine morbillivirus.<ref name=Mackenzie2001>{{citation | ||
| author = Mackenzie JS, Chua KB, Ua PW, ''et al.'' | | author = Mackenzie JS, Chua KB, Ua PW, ''et al.'' | ||
| title = Emerging viral diseases of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific | | title = Emerging viral diseases of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 31 May 2008
Hendra virus, first identified in Australia in 1999, is a zoonotic virus that can cause disease in humans and animals.[1] it is an overlap agent under the Select Agent Program due to high lethality and a wide range of susceptible hosts.
Several zoonotic and vectorborne viral diseases have emerged, since the mid-1990s, in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, the first being Hendra virus, formerly called equine morbillivirus.[2]
References
- ↑ World Health Organization (07 April 1999), 1999 - Hendra-like virus in Malaysia and Singapore
- ↑ Mackenzie JS, Chua KB, Ua PW, et al. (2001 Jun), "Emerging viral diseases of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific", Emerg Infect Dis 7(3 Suppl): 497-505