Alabama town’s name attached to highly lethal new virus

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Alabama town’s name attached to highly lethal new virus
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When Auburn researchers discovered a new henipavirus in a local shrew, they named it after the small Tallapoosa County town where the animal was found.

Researchers at an Auburn University lab collected a mole-like animal that was found with a new species of henipavirus named after the Alabama town where the specimen came from, according to the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.Researchers at an Auburn University lab collected a mole-like animal that was found with a new species of henipavirus named after the Alabama town where the specimen came from, according to the journalDr. Wendy Hood with The Hood Lab told AL.

But Parry noted that other henipaviruses have high mortality rates when they have been detected in humans, including the Hendra and Nipah viruses. “Given the high case-fatality rates associated with henipaviruses, detection of CHV in North America raises concerns about past and potential future spillover events,” Parry wrote.

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