Hendra virus outbreak with novel clinical features, Australia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb;16(2):338-40. doi: 10.3201/eid1602.090780.

Abstract

To determine the epidemiologic and clinical features of a 2008 outbreak of Hendra virus infection in a veterinary clinic in Australia, we investigated the equine case-series. Four of 5 infected horses died, as did 1 of 2 infected staff members. Clinical manifestation in horses was predominantly neurologic. Preclinical transmission appears likely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
  • Hendra Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Henipavirus Infections / mortality
  • Henipavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Horse Diseases / mortality*
  • Horse Diseases / virology
  • Horses
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Mortality