Research suggests that shrews may be natural reservoirs of LayV, from which the virus can hop into humans by chance. — Photos: Filepic
Researchers from China, Singapore and Australia reported on Aug 4 (2022) the identification of the Langya henipavirus (LayV) in a throat swab sample from a 53- year-old woman in the town of Langya in Shandong, China.
Their finding was published in a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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