Langya virus

Chinese scientists say a new 'LayV' virus that has sickened dozens likely emerged in shrews.

“But it is yet another reminder of the looming threat caused by the many pathogens circulating in populations of wild and domestic animals that have the potential to infect humans.” But the scientists said the sample size of patients is too small to completely rule out human-to-human transmission. The scientists believe that the virus likely emerged in shrews, small mammals, who then passed it on to humans.

Less than three years after the outbreak of COVID-19 started in China, the threat of the new animal-borne LayV virus has been identified.

According to the Chinese scientists, contact tracing of 9 patients with 15 close-contact family members revealed no transmission of the virus. But as none of the patients in China had close contact with each other, experts believe that the transmission of the virus from animal to human is still sporadic. The most common symptom of the Langya virus appears to be a fever (experienced by all patients), but those infected with the virus also reported fatigue (54 per cent of patients), loss of appetite (50 per cent), muscle pain (46 per cent), cough (50 per cent), nausea (38 per cent), headache and vomiting (35 per cent) after contracting the virus.

Since the mode of transmission is not ascertained yet, usual hygiene practices with food, animals and with individuals with fever is all that we can do ...

📣 The above article is for information purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice. The animals that are known to be responsible for animal to human transmission are shrew (a rat like mammal), goats and dogs,” he said. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, noted that Langya was identified in a throat swab sample from one patient by means of metagenomic analysis and subsequent virus isolation. It further noted that among the 35 infected patients, 26 were infected with LayV only (no other pathogens were present). According to a report published in The Taipei Times, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control has noted although 35 people were infected, no one has died or suffered a serious illness. According to reports from Chinese media state, a new zoonotic virus called ‘ Langya’ has been discovered in the country that has already affected 35 people.

A new virus that has possibly jumped from animals to humans has infected 35 people in China. Some of the patients have developed symptoms including fever, ...

However, there is currently no vaccine or treatment for Henipavirus and the only treatment is supportive care to manage complications. Another zoonotic virus has started to cause concerns in China as 35 people have been infected so far. They also showed a decrease in white blood cells.

There have been 35 cases of Langya virus across two provinces in China and it is unclear whether it is treatable.

"A serosurvey of domestic animals detected seropositivity in goats (3 of 168 [2 percent]) and dogs (4 of 79 [5 percent])," the letter said. "Among 25 species of wild small animals surveyed, LayV RNA was predominantly detected in shrews (71 of 262 [27 percent]), a finding that suggests that the shrew may be a natural reservoir of LayV." It said that of the 26 patients who were infected with Langya alone, had a fever, 54 percent were experiencing fatigue, 50 percent had a cough, 46 percent had muscle aches and pain, 38 percent had nausea, and 35 percent had a headache. The Nipah virus is zoonotic, having evolved in fruit bats. This new virus is a close relative of a previously reported, extremely deadly, Nipah virus. Half of the patients had anorexia, while 35 percent developed thrombocytopenia—a condition where the platelet count in the blood drops too low.

Langya Virus is a zoonotic virus that has been detected in China. It can be transmitted from animals to humans. The Langya Henipavirus is capable of killing ...

The Langya virus may potentially be fatal to humans in case of severe infections. The Langya virus was first reported in China in 2019. The first case of the Langya virus was reported in 2019.

The distinct Henipavirus named Langya transmits from animals to humans, so it is not as contagious as coronavirus. As of now, there's no reported human-to-human ...

The contagiousness of the virus depends upon its spreadability and contagiousness. The study observed that contact tracing of nine patients with 15-close contact family members showed no close-contact LayV transmission. Besides 35% of the 26 patients, complained of headaches and vomiting. The virus was found in 27 per cent of the shrew subjects, the Deputy DG of CDC stated. Later, it was identified and isolated from the swab sample of one of those patients. According to a serological survey on domesticated animals, it was seen that 2 per cent of the tested goats and 5 per cent of the tested dogs were positive.

The newly identified Langya virus, which has infected over three dozen people in China, belongs to the family of deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, ...

Meanwhile, the researchers from Beijing, Singapore and Australia pointed out further investigation is needed to better understand the infection. Tests detected the virus in 27% of shrews, a known vector for similar henipaviruses, suggesting the small, furry mole-like mammals may be a natural reservoir, they said. The newly identified Langya virus, which has infected over three dozen people in China, belongs to the family of deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, experts pointed out, however, it is still to be known whether the pathogen can be transmitted from person-to-person.

At least 35 patients across 2 Chinese provinces have been infected with the phylogenetically distinct Langya henipavirus (LayV), according to a report in ...

LayV is most closely phylogenetically related to Mojiang henipavirus, a virus with a genome length of 18404 nt originally discovered in southern China. The Langya virus is comprised of 18402 nucleotides with genomic organization identical to other henipaviruses. Though the sample size is small, they suspect Langya virus was hosted by shrews before infecting humans.

Thirty five people are known to have been infected by Langya henipavirus in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China between December 2018 and May 2021.

Nevertheless, he says the most likely source of any future pandemic will be a virus that jumps from animals to humans. The researchers found no evidence of close contact between the people infected with the virus. The researchers mention that some of the infected people had pneumonia, but don’t specify how many or give details on its severity. The researchers tested 25 species of small wild animals for the virus. The Nipah virus, first identified in 1999 in Malaysia, is also part of this genus. The genus includes the Hendra virus, which was first identified in Australia in 1994 and is known to infect humans and horses.

Langya virus, or Langya henipavirus, has been identified in China—the potentially deadly virus spreads from animals to humans.

However, as the situation rapidly evolves and the scientific community’s understanding of the virus develops, some of the information may have changed since it was last updated. “It was discovered over four years ago and we don’t have a ton of cases,” Dr. Russo says. (Shrews, in case you’re not familiar with them, are small, mouse-like animals.) It was also detected in 2% of goats and 5% of dogs that were tested, the paper says. Since Langya henipavirus is a new virus, there’s no specific treatment for it. According to the New England Journal of Medicine paper, the virus seems to be transmitted from animals to humans. “Contact tracing of nine patients with 15 close-contact family members revealed no close-contact LayV transmission,” the researchers wrote. Meaning, Langya henipavirus was the only thing that could have made them sick. Given that we’re still living through a pandemic thanks to COVID-19, and the ongoing outbreak of Monkeypox, it’s understandable to be wary of yet another new infectious disease. According to the paper, 35 people have been diagnosed with Langya henipavirus (LayV) and, of those, the only potential pathogen found in 26 of them was Langya henipavirus. And, if infectious disease experts think it’s time to worry. Most of the 35 cases were in farmers, while other people who developed the virus were factory workers. A new virus has been identified in China that’s raising eyebrows.

Scientists hypothesize wild shrews may be the 'natural reservoir' for the new Langya henipavirus discovered in eastern China.

The Cedar, Ghanaian and Mojiang viruses have not definitively made the jump to humans. “I don’t think this should make the list.” Most of the infected patients were farmers.

An international team of scientists is tracking a newly-identified, potentially dangerous virus that has jumped from animals to humans to infect at least 35 ...

In fact, three out of four new or emerging infectious diseases in humans have come from animals, according to the CDC (opens in new tab), and 500,000 or more viruses already have spillover potential, Live Science previously reported. This makes shrews a potential natural reservoir for the virus, which was also present in some domestic animals, including 5% of the dogs and 2% of the goats surveyed. Several patients also developed signs of kidney and liver damage, but there have been no reported deaths thus far.

Scientist detected 35 cases of Langya virus, a new henipavirus, over three years. No deaths or person to person transmission has been reported.

With the development of new techniques for identifying viruses, there’s certainly been a global increase in surveillance, and this has accelerated in the past five years," Hudson said. Cooper guessed that people might also get exposed through contact with the droppings of infected animals, but scientists haven't determined that to be true yet. In the case of Hendra virus, the virus is usually passed from bats to horses; it then infects humans through the animals' excretions or bodily fluids. "There are clearly repeated transmission events from what looks to be a common reservoir in shrews," Cooper said. People can catch Nipah virus from bats or pigs through direct contact with the animals, their bodily fluids or contaminated food. She was infected with a henipavirus, a class that includes some dangerous pathogens like Nipah virus, which has a fatality rate of 40% to 75%.

Though the virus has not yet caused any fatalities, it comes from the same family as other deadly viruses.

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The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don't know whether it spreads from human to human.

This new virus appears to be a close cousin of two other viruses that are significant in humans: Nipah virus and Hendra virus. However, it is thought more recent outbreaks have been due to food contaminated with the urine or saliva of infected bats. Although they found a small number of goats and dogs that may have been infected with the virus in the past, there was more direct evidence a significant proportion of wild shrews were harbouring the virus. The researchers used a modern technique known as metagenomic analysis to find this new virus. Researchers in China first detected this new virus as part of routine surveillance in people with a fever who had reported recent contact with animals. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans.

Langya virus, which can cause fever, fatigue and nausea, found in 35 people in eastern China, researchers say.

The Hendra virus was first identified in Australia in 1999 and has infected seven humans and more than 70 horses. Nipah infection can be fatal, with 40 to 75 percent of infected people dying in past outbreaks. Some patients also had body aches, nausea, vomiting and headaches, they said.

The virus is called Langya henipavirus or LayV, and patients reported symptoms that include fever, fatigue, cough, nausea and headaches. Some people also ...

Further investigation is needed to better understand illnesses associated with the virus, according to the researchers in China, Singapore and Australia who were involved in the paper. The infections were found in China’s eastern Shandong and central Henan provinces, affecting 35 people, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine this month. BEIJING, China — Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission.

35 cases detected in eastern China since 2018, virus believed to transmitted from animals to humans - Anadolu Agency.

Nevertheless, the sample size is too small to rule out person-to-person transmission,” it added. The same genus “includes the Hendra virus, which was first identified in Australia in 1994 and is known to infect humans and horses,” the report said. Experts who identified the virus said LayV is “part of a genus of viruses called henipaviruses that are typically harbored in fruit bats,” according to a report by New Scientist, a UK-based weekly science and technology magazine.