Recently Emerged Novel Henipa-like Viruses: Shining a Spotlight on the Shrew
Sarah Caruso, Sarah J Edwards, Christopher C Broder · 2023
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Sarah Caruso and co-authors review, in a 2023 paper, a family of viruses passed from animals to people, with a fresh focus on shrews. The family holds Hendra and Nipah, two viruses that cause grave illness and death in people and stock. Fruit bats were long seen as the main wild host. Yet kin viruses have turned up far from where those bats live, and in new hosts such as shrews, rats, and opossums. That spread hints that bats are not the sole host.
The review sums up past spillover events, where a virus jumps to people. It then tracks the new, not-yet-classed viruses found in shrews. Shrews may play a larger role as hosts than once thought. Health teams can use the survey to watch for the next spillover with wider eyes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sarah Caruso, Sarah J Edwards, Christopher C Broder |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |