An apparently new virus (family Paramyxoviridae) infectious for pigs, humans, and fruit bats.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Philbey, A. W. ; Kirkland, P. D. ; Ross, A. D. ; Davis, R. J. ; Gleeson, A. B. ; Love, R. J. ; Daniels, P. W. ; Gould, A. R. ; Hyatt, A. D.
• Description:
  We isolated an apparently new virus in the family Paramyxoviridae from stillborn piglets with deformities at a piggery in New South Wales, Australia. In 1997, the pregnancy rate and litter size at the piggery decreased markedly, while the proportion of mummified fetuses increased. We found serologic evidence of infection in pigs at the affected piggery and two associated piggeries, in humans exposed to infected pigs, and in fruit bats. Menangle virus is proposed as a common name for this agent, should further studies confirm that it is a newly recognized virus.
• Subjects:
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Chiroptera
  • Female
  • Fetal Death
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Paramyxoviridae
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 4(2):269-271.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New South Wales, Australia
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15489/cdc_15489_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 99.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ac89ce32d710956490930c372c060faa0b29ebdf462aa469cd2262315795d7a6