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- Title
Langya virus: A newly identified zoonotic henipavirus.
- Authors
Sah, Ranjit; Mohanty, Aroop; Chakraborty, Sandip; Dhama, Kuldeep
- Abstract
Very recently, another plausible threat from the world of zoonotic viruses became the hot topic of the news when a new virus namely Langya virus (LayV), a I Henipavirus i (HNV), was reported to be identified in patients with febrile illness in July 2022 from China.1 The genus I Henipavirus i of the family Paramyxoviridae contains five viruses, the Hendra virus (HeV), Nipah virus (NiV), Cedar virus, Ghanaian virus, and the Mojiang virus. However, due to the limited number of virus-infected patients reported, further reports and investigations would determine the status of human-to-human transmission, and if LayV could pose any worrisome health situations ahead (Euronews [2022]). But as LayV is a new virus, the study is yet to be done to verify which receptor LayV uses to enter humans and what are the cell's similarities between Langya and Nipah surface proteins.
- Subjects
SARS-CoV-2; AFRICAN swine fever; TULAREMIA; RABIES virus
- Publication
Journal of Medical Virology, 2022, Vol 94, Issue 12, p5621
- ISSN
0146-6615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jmv.28095