CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Private Bag 24, Geelong 3220, Australia.
Vet Microbiol. 2013 Nov 29;167(1-2):151-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Aug 13.
The Henipavirus genus represents a group of paramyxoviruses that are some of the deadliest of known human and veterinary pathogens. Hendra and Nipah viruses are zoonotic pathogens that can cause respiratory and encephalitic illness in humans with mortality rates that exceed 70%. Over the past several years, we have seen an increase in the number of cases and an altered clinical presentation of Hendra virus in naturally infected horses. Recent increase in the number of cases has also been reported with human Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh. These factors, along with the recent discovery of henipa and henipa-like viruses in Africa, Asia and South and Central America adds, a truly global perspective to this group of emerging viruses.
亨德拉尼帕病毒属代表了一组副粘病毒，是已知对人类和兽医最致命的病原体之一。亨德拉病毒和尼帕病毒是人畜共患病原体，可导致人类出现呼吸道和脑炎疾病，死亡率超过 70%。在过去的几年中，我们已经看到自然感染的马中亨德拉病毒病例数量增加，并且临床表现也发生了变化。在孟加拉国，也有报告称人类感染尼帕病毒的病例有所增加。这些因素，再加上最近在非洲、亚洲以及南美洲和中美洲发现了亨德拉和类似亨德拉的病毒，使得人们对这群新兴病毒有了真正的全球视角。
