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Acute hepatitis is still haunting, now the threat of the Hendra virus appears, epidemiologists reveal symptoms and how to prevent it

GridHype.ID – Indonesian people have just been relieved by the policy easing the use of masks in the middle of a pandemic Covid-19.

However, the public is also asked to be aware of acute hepatitis which is now the center of a world discussion.

Not only that, in the midst of an acute hepatitis attack, a virus named Hendra (HeV) emerged which became the public spotlight.

Griffith University Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman also explained that Hendra virus this.

Citing Tribunnews.com, it is stated that the Hendra virus is actually an endemic disease originating from a type of bat that eats fruit.

“And in Australia in particular, it’s a finding that dates back to the 1990s.”

“Why can humans be exposed to this Hendra, because fruit bats often infect horses,” he told Tribunnews, Tuesday (17/5/2022).

These bats contaminate the food consumed by horses, so they can infect horses and are deadly.

According to Dicky, 80 percent of infected horses usually die.

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