A virus carried by fruit bats which is potentially fatal to animals and humans.
the Hendra virus killed an Australian a decade ago
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- A Hendra virus vaccine is available for horses.
- Australian officials uncovered two more cases of the deadly horse-borne Hendra virus.
- They also developed the first Lyme disease vaccine for dogs and a new vaccine to combat Hendra virus.
- An antibody manufactured at The University of Queensland will be used in world-first human Hendra virus clinical trials starting this month.
- A greater proportion of Queensland respondents felt the information was useful to them in reducing Hendra virus infection.
- Authorities detected the first case of Hendra virus antibodies in a dog within a natural environment that same year.
- The research group developed a vaccine based on a Hendra virus surface protein.
- A worrying number of Australian horse owners who responded to an online survey indicated little or no knowledge of the deadly Hendra virus.
- Some bats are also known to carry the Hendra virus.
- The work reports on a deadly virus, Hendra virus.