Paterson D L, Murray P K, McCormack J G
Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Jul;27(1):112-8. doi: 10.1086/514614.
Twenty-three horses and three humans in Queensland, Australia, were infected with a novel member of the Paramyxoviridae family of viruses in two geographically distinct outbreaks. Two of the humans died-one died of rapid-onset respiratory illness, and the other died of encephalitis. The third infected human developed an influenza-like illness and made a complete recovery. All infected humans had close contact with sick horses. Since the two outbreaks occurred at sites 1,000 km apart and no known contact between the two groups of humans and horses occurred, extensive testing of animals and birds common to the two areas was conducted. Fruit bats (Pteropus species) were found to carry a virus identical to that found in the infected humans and horses. Although there was no contact between the infected humans and the bats, some form of close contact between the horses and bats is the likely mode of infection.
在澳大利亚昆士兰州，两起地理上相隔甚远的疫情中，23匹马和3个人感染了副粘病毒科的一种新型病毒。其中两名感染者死亡，一人死于快速发作的呼吸道疾病，另一人死于脑炎。第三名感染者出现了类似流感的疾病并完全康复。所有感染者都与患病马匹有密切接触。由于两起疫情发生在相距1000公里的地点，且两组人和马之间没有已知的接触，因此对两个地区共有的动物和鸟类进行了广泛检测。发现果蝠（狐蝠属物种）携带的病毒与在感染的人和马身上发现的病毒相同。虽然感染者与蝙蝠没有接触，但马和蝙蝠之间某种形式的密切接触可能是感染途径。
