Langya virus

2022 - 8 - 10

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China confirms outbreak of new Langya virus, 35 people infected (The Tribune)

A new type of animal-derived Henipavirus has so far infected people in Shandong and Henan provinces of China, official media here reported on Tuesday.

There is currently no vaccine or treatment for Henipavirus and the only treatment is supportive care to manage complications. There is currently no vaccine or treatment for the virus and the only treatment is supportive care to manage complications The cases of Langya henipavirus so far have not been fatal or very serious, so there is no need for panic, Wang Linfa, a Professor in the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases at Duke-NUS Medical School who was involved in the study said, adding that it is still a cause for alert as many viruses that exist in nature have unpredictable results when they infect humans.

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Langya Henipavirus: All you need to know about new zoonotic virus ... (Business Today)

As nations continue to contain the twin-threat of COVID-19 and monkeypox, there is another zoonotic virus that has made headlines in China.

However, the cases have not been very serious or fatal. However, the CDC has yet not ruled out the possibility of human-to-human transmission. According to the report, Taiwan’s Centres for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang said that human-to-human transmission of the virus is yet to be reported.

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Explained: What is Langya, the new zoonotic virus that has infected ... (The Indian Express)

The newly discovered virus is a “phylogenetically distinct Henipavirus”, according to a recent study — A Zoonotic Henipavirus in Febrile Patients in China — ...

The authors of the study have underlined that the sample size of their investigation is too small to determine human-to-human transmission. The patients were accompanied by abnormalities of “thrombocytopenia (35%), leukopenia (54%), impaired liver (35%) and kidney (8%) function”, the study noted. In all likelihood, the new virus has jumped from an animal to humans. The types of Henipaviruses that had been identified prior to this included Hendra, Nipah, Cedar, Mojiang and the Ghanaian bat virus. Langya was discovered in eastern China during surveillance testing of patients who had fever along with a recent history of animal exposure. Langya Henipavirus: Almost three years after the novel coronavirus was detected in China, a new zoonotic virus has been discovered in the country’s two eastern provinces with 35 infections identified so far.

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What is novel Langya virus that is infecting people in China? (India Today)

A new virus outbreak is raising concerns in parts of China as 35 new cases have been reported. The novel Langya Henipavirus (LayV) was first detected in the ...

The virus is suspected to have jumped from animals to humans in a process called zoonosis and scientists found the LayV viral RNA in over 200 shrews they tested hinting that they could be the natural reservoir of the virus. The virus has reportedly been found in throat swab samples from febrile patients in eastern China. Reports indicate that the early patients of the virus are mainly farmers, who have reported fatigue, cough, loss of appetite, and aches. A new virus outbreak is raising concerns in parts of China as 35 new cases have been reported.

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Langya Virus Found In China: Symptoms, Spread And Other Details ... (NDTV)

A zoonotic virus Langya has been reported in China, with 35 people infected so far. The new type of Henipavirus has been found in China's Shandong and Henan ...

Henipavirus is a category of zoonotic RNA viruses that also includes Hendra virus and Nipah virus. A correspondence about the new virus by scientists from China, Singapore and Australia has been published in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). There have been no deaths from "LayV", as the virus is called by scientists.

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China reports cases of Langya virus. What is this new zoonotic ... (Financial Express)

The scientists who conducted the study pointed out that this newly discovered Henipavirus is associated with some febrile cases, and the infected people ...

Scientists have pointed out that it is highly possible that the shrew may be a natural reservoir of the Langya virus. Scientists have not yet presented any clear picture of the transmission of the Langya virus from human to human. Meanwhile, the findings of the study suggest that the shrew may be a natural reservoir of the Langya virus. According to the study which analysed the infected patients, it is very much likely that the new virus has jumped from an animal to humans. According to a study published in The New England Journal earlier this month, the new Henipavirus is associated with a febrile human illness and it was also found in shrews. The newly detected Langya was discovered in eastern China during surveillance testing of patients who had fever along with a recent history of animal exposure.

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Langya Virus Symptoms: कोरोना के बीच चीन में दी नए वायरस 'लांग्या' ने ... (दैनिक जागरण)

Langya Virus Symptoms चीन में नए वायरस ने दस्तक दी है। चीन भी बाकी देशों की तरह कोरोना महामारी से ...

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Langya virus: अब नए लांग्या वायरस ने बढ़ाई चिंता, 35 लोगों में मिला ... (ओन्लीमाईहेल्थ)

What is Langya Virus: चीन में एक नए जूनेटिक लंग्या वायरस (Zoonotic Langya Virus) का पता चला है, जानें क्या ...

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Langya Virus China: कोरोना के बाद चीन से आ रही एक और तबाही! लांग्या ... (नवभारत टाइम्स)

बाकी एशिया न्यूज़: Langya Virus China: चीन में लांग्या वायरस नाम के नए वायरस का पता चला है।

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Zoonotic Langya virus: अब चीन में मिला 'जूनोटिक लांग्या वायरस', 35 लोग ... (ABP News)

Zoonotic Langya virus: पहले कोरोना फिर मंकीपॉक्स और अब चीन में एक और नया वायरस मिला है-जूनोटिक ...

जांच में पता चला है कि चीन के शेडोंग और हेनान प्रांतों में Langya henipavirus से संक्रमित 35 मरीज मिले हैं. चुआंग ने कहा कि चीन में 35 रोगियों का एक-दूसरे के साथ कोई संपर्क नहीं मिला है और न ही इन मरीजों के परिवारों और करीबियों में कोई संक्रमित मिला है. उन्होंने बताया कि 35 में से 26 मरीजों में बुखार, थकान, खांसी, भूख न लगना, मांसपेशियों में दर्द, सिरदर्द और उल्टी जैसे लक्षण मिले हैं. मरीजों में श्वेत रक्त कोशिकाओं में भी कमी देखी गई. इतना ही नहीं मरीजों में कम प्लेटलेट, लीवर फेलियर और किडनी फेलियर जैसे लक्षण भी मिले हैं. ताइवान के सीडीसी के उप महानिदेशक चुआंग जेन-हिसियांग ने रविवार को जानकारी दी है कि इस वायरस के बारे में स्टडी में सामने आया है कि वायरस में ह्यूमन टू ह्यूमन ट्रांसमिशन नहीं है. हालांकि, उन्होंने कहा कि सीडीसी अभी यह नहीं कह सकता है कि यह वायरस इंसान से इंसान में नहीं फैल सकता. उन्होंने वायरस के बारे में और जानकारी आने तक लोगों को इसे लेकर सतर्कता बरतने के लिए कहा है. Zoonotic Langya virus: कोरोना (CoronaVirus)का प्रकोप खत्म नहीं हुआ था कि मंकीपॉक्स (Monkeypox) डराने लगा था और अब एक और नया वायरस मिला है जिसने 35 लोगों को अबतक संक्रमित किया है. ये वायरस है- जूनोटिक लांग्या वायरस (Zoonotic Langya virus). चीन में इस वायरस का पता चला है. लैंग्या हेनिपावायरस चीन के शेडोंग (Shandong) और हेनान (Henan) प्रांतों में पाया गया है. ताइपे टाइम्स (Taipei Times) के मुताबिक, यह जानवरों से इंसानों में फैल सकता है. ताइवान सेंटर फॉर डिसीज कंट्रोल के मुताबिक, Zoonotic Langya वायरस से अबतक करीब 35 लोग संक्रमित हो गए हैं. मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स में दावा किया गया है कि ताइवान इस वायरस की पहचान और संक्रमण को मॉनिटर करने के लिए न्यूक्लिक एसिड टेस्टिंग मेथड शुरू करेगा.

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Langya Virus: New zoonotic infection found in China, know its ... (India TV)

Langya Virus: Amid viral diseases like covid19 and monkeypox, a new zoonotic virus called Langya virus has been detected in China.

In 2019, its first case was registered in China. Medical researchers from the Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology conducted a study on the Langya virus and found traces of shrews, goats, and dogs in them. Although the first case of Langya virus in humans was reported in 2019. The new virus is said to be spreading from animals.

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Langya virus: कोरोना के बाद चीन में जानवरों से इंसानों में आया एक और ... (India.com हिंदी)

Langya virus: चीन के वुहान शहर से निकला कोरोना वायरस (Corona Virus) आज भी दुनियाभर में फैल रहा है. इस ...

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What is Langya Virus? Know Symptoms and How deadly it is? (Jagran Josh)

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.

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Langya Virus Symptoms | മൃഗങ്ങളില്‍ നിന്നും ... (Samayam Malayalam)

healthLangya Virus Symptoms | ഷാന്‍ഡോംഗ്, ഹെനാന്‍ എന്നീ രണ്ട് കിഴക്കന്‍ ചൈനീസ് പ്രവിശ്യകളില്‍ ...

ലാംഗ്യ വൈറസ് എങ്ങനെ പകര്ന്നു! ലാംഗ്യ വൈറസിന്റെ ലക്ഷണങ്ങള് ഈ പുതിയ വൈറസ് മൃഗങ്ങളില് നിന്ന് മനുഷ്യരിലേക്ക് പടര്ന്നുവെന്നാണ് കരുതപ്പെടുന്നത്. ലാംഗ്യ വൈറസ് ആര്എന്എ പ്രധാനമായും ഷ്രൂകളില് കാണപ്പെടുന്നു. ഏഷ്യന് പ്രദേശങ്ങളില് കാണപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു തരം ചുണ്ടെലിയാണിത്. ഈ ജീവികള് ഈ വൈറസിന്റെ സ്വാഭാവിക കേന്ദ്രങ്ങളായിരിക്കാം. എന്താണ് ലാംഗ്യ വൈറസ്? അതേസമയം, ലാംഗ്യ വൈറസ് മനുഷ്യരില് പനിക്ക് കാരണമാകുമെന്ന് അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു. എന്ഇജെഎം പഠനം ഈ വൈറസ് സംബന്ധമായ അനുബന്ധ മനുഷ്യ രോഗങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് വിശദമായ ഗവേഷണം ആവശ്യപ്പെടുന്നുണ്ട്.

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Langya virus: చైనాలో కొత్త వైరస్.. లక్షణాలు ఏమిటో తెలుసా..? (Samayam Telugu)

Langya virus: చైనాలో కొత్త వైరస్.. లక్షణాలు ఏమిటో తెలుసా..? Authored by Rajiv Saranya | TOI.in ...

ఇది జంతువుల నుంచి సంక్రమిస్తుందని ప్రాథమిక అధ్యయనాలు చెబుతున్నాయి. ఇది మనుషుల మధ్య ఎలా సంక్రమిస్తుందో ఇప్పటికీ అస్పష్టంగా ఉంది. ఇప్పటివరకు ఈ వైరస్ ష్రూస్, మేకలు మరియు కుక్కలలో కనుగొన్నారు. హెనాన్, షాన్డాంగ్ ప్రావిన్సుల్లోని ఎలుకల్లా ఉండే 262 ష్రూస్లపై పరిశోధనలు చేయగా 71 జీవుల్లో ఈ వైరస్ను చైనా పరిశోధకులు గుర్తించారు. కుక్కలు (5 శాతం), మేకల్లోనూ (2శాతం) ఈ వైరస్ను కనుగొన్నారు. ఇది పారామిక్సోవిరిడేకు చెందిన వైరస్. హెనిపావైరస్ హెండ్రా వైరస్ (HeV), నిపా వైరస్ (NiV), CedPV వంటి మూడు వైరస్లను పోలి ఉంటుంది. ఈ ఆర్ఎన్ఏ వైరస్లు అత్యంత తీవ్రమైన వైరస్లు. మొదటి హెనిపావైరస్, హెండ్రా వైరస్ (HEV), నిపా వైరస్ (NIV) 1990ల మధ్యలో ఇవి పుట్టాయి. ఈ వైరస్ సోకిన వారిలలో జ్వరం, అలసట, దగ్గు, అనోరెక్సియా, కండరాల నొప్పి, వికారం, అలసట వంటి లక్షణాలు కనిపిస్తున్నాయి. లాంగ్యా వైరస్ బారిన పడిన 50 శాతం మందిలో దగ్గు, 54 శాతం మందిలో అలసట, సగం మందిలో ఆకలి లేకపోవడం, 46 శాతం మందిలో కండరాల నొప్పులు, 38 శాతం మందిలో వాంతులు వంటి లక్షణాలను గుర్తించారు. అలాగే ప్లేట్ లెట్స్ సంఖ్య పడిపోవడం, కాలేయం, మూత్రపిండాలపై ప్రభావం చూపే అవకాశాలు ఉన్నాయని నిపుణులు వెల్లడించారు. చైనా వ్యాధి నిరోధక కేంద్రం(సీడీసీ) అంచనాల ప్రకారం.. హెనిపా వైరస్ వల్ల మనుషుల్లో కాలేయం, మూత్రపిండాలు తీవ్రంగా దెబ్బతినే అవకాశం ఉంది. హెనిపావైరస్ వ్యాప్తి నివారణకు ఎటువంటి వ్యాక్సిన్లు లేవు. కేవలం లక్షణాలను బట్టి బాధితులకు ఉపశమనం కల్పించే చికిత్సలు చేయాల్సి ఉంటుంది. ఇప్పటి వరకు ఈ వైరస్ సోకిన బాధితులను పరిశోధించగా... తీవ్రమైన లక్షణాలు లేవని డ్యూక్ ఎన్యూఎస్ మెడికల్ స్కూల్ ప్రొఫెసర్ వాంగ్ లింఫా పేర్కొన్నారు.

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What is Langya virus and what are its symptoms: Heres the full detail (Business Standard)

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.

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New Langya virus hits China: Experts alert it belongs to family of ... (Livemint)

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.

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Langya Virus: चीन के नए वायरस की चपेट में आए 30 से ज्यादा लोग, जानिए ... (Financial Express (Hindi))

Langya Virus: संक्रमित मरीजों को बुखार, थकान, खांसी, भूख न लगने, वजन में कमी, मांसपेशियों में ...

वैज्ञानिकों को अभी तक Langya virus के एक इंसान से दूसरे इंसान में फैलने का कोई संकेत नहीं मिल सका है. इसका पता लगाने वाले शोधकर्ताओं का कहना है कि एक इंसान से दूसरे इंसान में इस वायरस के फैलने का पता लगाने के लिए उनके पास सैंपल साइज बहुत छोटा है. हालांकि उन्होंने ये कहा है कि LayV से संक्रमित 35 मरीजों में से किसी भी मरीज के नजदीकी संपर्क में आने का इतिहास नहीं रहा है. संक्रमित मरीजों पर आधारित स्टडी के मुताबिक आशंका जताई जा रही है कि Langya virus किसी जानवर से इंसानों में आया है. वैज्ञानिकों के अनुसार इस बात की काफी आशंका है कि इस Langya virus का एक नेचुरल रिजर्वायर भी है. घरेलू और जंगली जानवरों का सीरो सर्वे करने के बाद भी संदेह की स्थिति बनी हुई है. पालतू जानवरों में बकरियों और कुत्तों की रिपोर्ट सीरो-पॉसिटिव पाई गई है. ये खतरनाक वायरस चीन के शेडोंग (Shandong) और हेनान (Henan) प्रांत में रह रहे लोगों में तेजी से फैल रहा है. इस हेनिपा वायरस का पूरा नाम Langya Henipavirus बताया जा रहा है. इसे संक्षेप में या LayV या Langya virus भी कहते हैं. चीन के इस वायरस को सारी दुनिया में चिंता के साथ देखा जा रहा है, क्योंकि दुनिया भर में कई साल से तबाही मचाने वाले कोविड-19 वायरस की शुरुआत भी चीन से ही हुई थी. चिंता की बात यह भी है कि Langya virus का संक्रमण जानवर और इंसानों – दोनों के लिए ही घातक है और अब तक इस वायरस पर काबू पाने के लिए कोई दवा या वैक्सीन भी उपलब्ध नहीं है.

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Langya Virus: Origins, symptoms, human-to-human transmission ... (DNA India)

As per initial observations, there are concerns that the virus can possibly lead to acute liver and kidney infection.

The LayV was identified in throat swabs of patients with fever. A Zoonotic virus like Covid-19 and Nipah, the Langya virus or LayV has infected 35 people in China. Now, another potentially dangerous virus has emerged in China - the Langya henipavirus.

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Langya Virus Zoonotic Spillover in Eastern China (Contagionlive.com)

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.

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Langya Virus China: चीन में कोरोना के बाद अब लांग्या वायरस ने दी दस्तक ... (मनी कंट्रोल)

Langya Virus China: चीन के शेडोंग और हेनान प्रांतों में Langya henipavirus से संक्रमित 35 मरीज मिले हैं।

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Langya Virus Is a New Deadly Virus Detected in China—Here's ... (Prevention.com)

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.

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What is the new Langya virus detected in China? Should you be ... (Livemint)

It's related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans. However, there's much we don't know about the new virus – known as LayV for short – ...

This new virus appears to be a close cousin of two other viruses that are significant in humans: Nipah virus and Hendra 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. 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. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans.

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Langya virus: How serious is the new pathogen discovered in China? (New Scientist)

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.

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Langya virus: चीन में मिला लांग्या वायरस लाएगा तबाही? जानें इसके ... (दैनिक जागरण)

चीन में नया वायरस मिला है। लांग्या वायरस से 35 लोग संक्रमित हुए हैं। कोरोना के बाद इस नए ...

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Langya virus: क्या है लैंग्या वायरस, कितनी खतरनाक है ये बीमारी, जानें ... (प्रभात खबर)

कोरोना महामारी से अभी भी लोग जुझ रहे हैं. हर दिन मामले बढ़ते ही जा रहे हैं.

बांग्लादेश में इसका सर्वाधिक कहर टूटा है. किसी संक्रमण की गंभीरता बहुत हल्के से लेकर जानलेवा तक हो सकती है. अगले वायरस का पता लगाने के लिए हमें क्या करने की जरूरत है? इस नए वायरस के बारे में बहुत कम जानकारी है और अभी जो मामले आ रहे हैं, वे ऊंट के मुंह में जीरे के समान हो सकते हैं. अभी इस स्तर पर कोई संकेत नहीं है कि यह वायरस मनुष्य से मनुष्य के बीच फैल सकता है. यह पता लगाने के लिए काम करने की आवश्यकता है कि संक्रमण कितना गंभीर हो सकता है, यह कैसे फैलता है और चीन तथा उसके क्षेत्र में यह किस स्तर तक फैल सकता है. (भाषा इनपुट के साथ) अध्ययन के लेखकों ने यह भी पता लगाया कि क्या इस वायरस का स्रोत घरेलू या जंगली जानवर हैं. हालांकि, उन्हें पता लगा कि पूर्व में बहुत कम संख्या में बकरी और कुत्ते इस वायरस से संक्रमित पाए गए थे. बहरहाल, इसके अधिक प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण है कि यह वायरस जंगली छछूंदरों से हो सकता है. इससे पता चलता है कि मनुष्यों को छछूंदरों से यह संक्रमण मिला है. इससे संबंधित वायरस से हम क्या सीख सकते हैं? यह नया वायरस दो अन्य वायरस का करीबी दिखायी देता है, जो मनुष्यों में पाए जाते हैं यानी निपाह वायरस और हेंड्रा वायरस. वायरस का यह परिवार 'कंटेजियन' फिल्म में काल्पनिक एमईवी-1 वायरस की प्रेरणा था. दुनिया अभी कोरोना के संक्रमण से उबर नहीं पाई है कि चीन के शानडोंग और हेनान प्रांतों में नए वायरस 'लैंग्या हेनिपावायरस' (Langya virus) से 35 लोगों के संक्रमित पाए जाने का संदेह है. इसका संबंध हेंड्रा और निपाह वायरस से है. हालांकि, इस नए वायरस के बारे में हम काफी कुछ नहीं जानते हैं और हमें यह भी नहीं पता कि क्या यह मनुष्य से मनुष्य के बीच फैलता है. लोग बीमार कैसे पड़ रहे हैं?

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What do we know about the new Langya virus? Do we need to be ... (Business Standard)

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.

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. A smaller proportion had potentially more serious complications, including pneumonia, and abnormalities in liver and kidney function. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which cause disease in humans.

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Langya Virus: ఎలుకల నుంచి కొత్త వైరస్.. జాగ్రత్తగా ఉండకపోతే కిడ్నీ ... (News18 తెలుగు)

Langya Virus: ఎలుకల నుంచి కొత్త వైరస్.. జాగ్రత్తగా ఉండకపోతే కిడ్నీ, లివర్‌కు దెబ్బ. Langya Virus: ...

CDC నిపుణుల అభిప్రాయం ప్రకారం.. ఈ వైరస్ ఎలుక నుంచి మనిషికి వ్యాపిస్తుంది. మనుషుల నుంచి మనుషులకు సోకినట్లు ఎక్కడా ఆధారాలు లభించలేదు. అందుకే ఎలుకలకు దూరంగా ఉండాలని ఆరోగ్య నిపుణులు సూచిస్తున్నారు. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) లాంగ్యా వైరస్ బాధితుల్లో అందరికీ జలుబు, దగ్గు లక్షణాలు ఉన్నాయి. ఎక్కువగా షాన్డాంగ్, హెనాన్ ప్రావిన్సుల్లోనే ఈ కేసులు నమోదయ్యాయి. ఎలుకల మాంసం తిన్న వారికి మాత్రమే ఈ వ్యాధి సోకింది. మనుషుల నుంచి మనుషులకు వ్యాపించిన ఆధారాలు లేవు. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) లాంగ్యా వైరస్ వ్యాధి ముదిరితే.. శరీరంలో తెల్ల రక్త కణాలు తగ్గిపోతాయి. ప్లేట్లెట్ కౌంట్ పడిపోతుంది. కొన్ని సందర్భాల్లో కాలేయం, మూత్రపిండాలు కూడా దెబ్బతింటాయి. అందువల్ల ప్రజలు జాగ్రత్తలు పాటించాలని నిపుణులు సూచిస్తున్నారు. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) చైనాను తాజాగా వణికిస్తున్న వైరస్ పేరు.. లాంగ్యా. ఈ వ్యాధి బారినపడి ఎంతో మంది ఆస్పత్రి పాలయ్యారు. ఎలుకల నుంచి ఈ వ్యాధి వ్యాపించినట్లు అక్కడి ఆరోగ్యశాఖ అధికారులు భావిస్తున్నారు. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) మార్బర్గ్ వైరస్ నిర్ధారణ కోసం సెనెగల్లోని పాశ్చర్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూట్కు నమూనాలను పంపించామని, స్థానికంగా ఈ వైరస్ మరింత వ్యాప్తిచెందే అవకాశం ఉన్న దృష్ట్యా కట్టడి చర్యలకు ఏర్పాట్లు చేస్తున్నామని ప్రపంచ ఆరోగ్య సంస్థ ప్రకటించింది. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) చైనాలో వ్యాపించే లాంగ్యా వైరస్ లక్షణాలు సాధారణ ఫ్లూ మాదిరిగానే ఉన్నాయి. బాధితుల్లో చాలా మందికి తలనొప్పి, దగ్గు, ఆకలి లేకపోవడం, శరీర నొప్పి, వాంతులు వంటి లక్షణాలున్నాయి. ఐనప్పటికీ దీనిని తేలిగ్గా తీసుకోవద్దు. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) ఇప్పటివరకు చైనాలో 35 మంది లాంగ్యా వైరస్ బారిన పడ్డారు. ది తైపీ టైమ్స్ వార్తల ప్రకారం.. బాధితుల్లో ఎవరికీ ప్రాణాపాయ పరిస్థితి లేదు. ఇప్పటి వరకు ఎవరు కూడా మరణించలేదు. వారి ఆరోగ్యం నిలకడగానే ఉంది. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం) కరోనా వైరస్ను చైనానే ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా తయారు చేసిందన్న విమర్శలు చాలా కాలంగా వినిపిస్తున్నాయి. దానిని జీవాయుదంగా ప్రపంచంపై వదిలిందని అమెరికా సహా పలు దేశాల శాస్త్రవేత్తలు ఆరోపించారు.కానీ చైనా మాత్రం వాటిని ఖండిస్తూ వచ్చింది. ఐతే తాజాగా మరో వైరస్ పుట్టుకొచ్చింది. (ప్రతీకాత్మక చిత్రం)

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New Langya Virus Hits China: What Are the Symptoms? How Was It ... (The Quint)

A new zoonotic virus – Langya Henipavirus – has been discovered in China, with the country's two eastern provinces detecting at least 35 infections.

Because the truth is worth it.) This suggests that the infection in the human population is sporadic. The article cited said that there was no close or common exposure about the patients.

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New 'Langya' virus identified in China: what scientists know so far (Nature.com)

The henipavirus can cause respiratory symptoms and is related to Nipah and Hendra viruses, but cannot spread easily in people.

This suggested that shrews are a reservoir for the virus, passing LayV between themselves “and somehow infecting people here and there by chance”, says Gurley. Still, she notes that she didn’t see anything in the data to “cause alarm from a pandemic-threat perspective”. The LayV genome shows that the virus is most closely related to Mojiang henipavirus, which was first isolated in rats in an abandoned mine in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan in 2012. Most patients said in a questionnaire that they had been exposed to an animal within a month of their symptoms appearing. Researchers say LayV has infected only 35 people since 2018, and none of the cases seems to be linked. The virus was named after a town called Langya, in Shandong, where she was from, says co-author Linfa Wang, a virologist at Duke–National University of Singapore Medical School in Singapore.

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