Henipaviruses at the threshold: preparedness in the era of recurrent spillover
Xinyu Wang, Wenhong Zhang · 2026
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Wang and Zhang argue that henipaviruses sit on a threshold, dangerous yet not quite able to sustain spread. Their 2026 Emerging Microbes and Infections commentary covers a virus family known for repeated spillovers from animals, severe disease, and limited person-to-person transmission. Nipah and Hendra are its best-known members.
Growing viral diversity and widening contact between wildlife, livestock, and people keep producing episodic outbreaks. The authors say outbreak counting alone misleads preparedness for such irregular, high-consequence pathogens. They urge combined human, animal, and environment surveillance under a One Health approach. They also want adaptive trial designs and ready-to-test countermeasures, so vaccines and drugs can be judged quickly when the next spillover comes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xinyu Wang, Wenhong Zhang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |