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Bat Droppings Reveal Clues About the Viruses They Carry
01 Oct 2025 04:24 GMT
… Northern Territory to study the Hendra virus in bats, which is carried … .
While environmental stressors can increase Hendra virus shedding, Plowright remarked that coronaviruses … of habitat, vaccinating horses for Hendra virus, and strategies to avoid cross …
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Australian Scientists Discover Potentially Dangerous, Previously Unknown Virus In Bats
19 Sep 2025 07:03 GMT
… in the same virus family as Nipah and Hendra. Nipah has caused … 40 and 70 percent, while Hendra virus leads to death in more … a sample was negative for Hendra virus, but there was “a genetic … same cell receptors as Hendra or Nipah viruses, they can’t currently …
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Breakthrough Animal Model Paves Way for Faster Development of Nipah Virus Vaccines and Drugs
16 Sep 2025 07:44 GMT
… disease caused by Nipah and Hendra viruses. The mouse model, described in … brain from this devastating virus.”
Nipah and Hendra viruses are among the most … harmless relative of Nipah and Hendra. Cedar virus cannot cause disease because …
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From bat roost to breakthrough: The story of Salt Gully virus
15 Sep 2025 21:27 GMT
… , part of routine surveillance for Hendra virus – part of Australia’s ongoing … a sample was negative for Hendra virus. But further analysis revealed genetic … same cell receptors as Hendra or Nipah viruses, suggesting that we can …
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Inside Australia’s most dangerous lab: The fortress built to fight the world’s deadliest viruses
12 Sep 2025 19:56 GMT
… . The lab works with hendra and dengue, pandemic bird … any disease.”
The virus is a cousin of hendra, a henipavirus … bats: they already have hendra virus. And hendra virus has never gone from … appropriate.
“Think about the hendra vaccine. That took a very …
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First Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Shows Promise Against Multiple Viruses
08 Sep 2025 10:06 GMT
… the surface of many viruses: viral envelope glycans—sugar molecules … structurally conserved across unrelated viral families. These widely … infection from seven different viruses across five unrelated families, … : Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, SARS-CoV-1, and …
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Hendra virus detected in SE QLD
25 Jul 2025 21:18 GMT
… ’s first case of the Hendra virus since 2022.
Biosecurity Queensland Acting … effective way to manage the Hendra virus disease.
“Hendra virus infection can occur throughout … horse may be infectious with Hendra virus before becoming noticeably unwell, it …
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Australia uncovers ‘Salt Gully’ virus, a new pathogen lurking in bats
03 Sep 2025 11:20 GMT
… a relative of Nipah and Hendra – two diseases considered ‘priority … also in this region that Hendra virus has jumped to people – … virus does not rely on the same cell receptors as Hendra … or Nipah viruses, suggesting that the …
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CSIRO researchers discover new bat-borne virus: Salt Gully virus
02 Sep 2025 20:54 GMT
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Salt Gully virus belongs to the same virus family as Hendra virus, which has …
The existing Hendra vaccine for horses remains effective against Hendra virus disease, and … Salt Gully virus does not compromise …
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Australian scientists discover new bat-borne virus
03 Sep 2025 11:58 GMT
… infectious diseases.
The virus, named Salt Gully virus, was detected in … which includes the deadly Hendra and Nipah viruses, according to a … isolated and grew the virus in CSIRO's … findings suggest the virus infects cells differently from Hendra and Nipah, …