US EditionBats identified as origin of unexplained acute respiratory illness and encephalitis in Bangladesh
Researchers linked five severe respiratory and neurological cases to bat-origin Pteropine orthoreoviruses, expanding known risks of raw date-palm sap consumption beyond Nipah virus.
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Scientists Discover Previously Undetected Bat-Borne Virus Infecting Humans in South Asia
Researchers investigating Nipah-like illnesses in Bangladesh have uncovered evidence of another bat-borne virus circulating in humans. Researchers studying infectious diseases have found evidence of Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV), a bat-associated orthoreovirus, in stored throat swabs and virus cultures from five people in Bangladesh. These patients were originally believed to have Nipah virus infection but later tested [...]
Bats identified as origin of unexplained acute respiratory illness and encephalitis in Bangladesh
Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, as the culprit for previously unexplained illness in five Bangladeshi patients, one of whom eventually died with unexplained illness.
Researchers in Bangladesh have discovered a new virus in five patients, previously found only in bats. Doctors in Bangladesh are on high alert for the spread of Nipah around this time of year. This virus can cause severe encephalitis and appears primarily in the country during winter and early spring. Now […] Want to learn more about science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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