A deadly virus with a mortality rate of up to 70 percent has been detected in the United States for the first time ever.
Scientists identified the Camp Hill virus in shrews, mole-like animals, in Alabama, sparking fears it could find its way through animal reservoirs to humans and cause a potentially wide-reaching outbreak.
A deadly virus with a mortality rate of up to 70 percent has been detected in the United States for the first time ever.
Scientists identified the Camp Hill virus in shrews, mole-like animals, in Alabama, sparking fears it could find its way through animal reservoirs to humans and cause a potentially wide-reaching outbreak.
The Camp Hill virus belongs to a family of pathogens called henipaviruses, including the Nipah virus, a bat-borne virus that kills up to 70 percent of people it infects. The Camp Hill virus, however, has never been recorded in humans and scientists don't know what symptoms are or the death rate.
The closest virus to Camp Hill that's infected humans is the Langya virus, which crossed from shrews to humans in China. It causes fever, fatigue, cough, muscle aches, liver dysfunction, and kidney damage.
No deaths have been reported, but outbreaks of disease in the same viral family, including Nipah and Hendra, kill anywhere between 40 to 75 percent of their victims.
Dr Rhys Parry from the University of Queensland, who confirmed the virus’ presence in Alabama shrews, said: ‘This indicates that shrew-to- human transmission can occur.
‘The discovery of a henipavirus in North America is highly significant, as it suggests these viruses may be more globally distributed than previously thought.'
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