Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet, the world is again shocked by the emergence of a new virus, namely the Hendra virus (HeV).
HeV was first discovered in 1994 from specimens obtained during an outbreak of respiratory and neurological disease in horses and humans in Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia.
Researchers at Australia’s Griffith University say that a variant of the virus can be transmitted to humans. The virus has also been detected in the urine of black and gray-headed bats that have spread across Australia, the federal territory of New South Wales to Queensland.
Dicky Budiman, an epidemiologist from Australia’s Griffith University, assessed that the Hendra virus has the potential to become a pandemic, just like the nipah virus.
However, the Hendra virus is rarely reported to infect humans, there have only been seven cases in the world since 2013. However, this raised concerns when a new variant of the Hendra virus was discovered in Australia.
Here are the facts about the Hendra virus
Symptoms of Hendra Virus
Hendra virus symptoms appear 5 to 21 days after close contact with infected animals. Symptoms include:
- Fever
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Headache
- Fatigue
The symptoms if the infection is severe, such as:
- Meningitis or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)
- convulsions
- Come on
How to spread the Hendra virus
Hendra virus transmission occurs when a person has close contact with horses, such as:
- Through exposure to bodily fluids (including droplets) of infected horses.
- Perform an autopsy on a horse without appropriate protective equipment.
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