China warns of new virus which has infected 35 ‘after being passed from shrews’
China warns of new virus which has infected 35 ‘after being passed from shrews’
Scientists believe the Langya henipavirus was passed on from shrews (Picture: PA/Shutterstock)
Researchers in China are monitoring a new virus which has infected dozens of people.
The Langya henipavirus – or LayV – was first detected in the country’s north-eastern Shandong and Henan provinces in 2018 but was only formally identified last week.
It belongs to a category of zoonotic RNA viruses…
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