By News of the Area
Scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have uncovered a new type of Hendra virus in flying foxes, confirming the virus can be found across a broad region of the country.
A paper detailing the findings has been published just days after the new genetic type (HeV-g2) was detected in a horse near Newcastle in New South Wales, the most southern case of Hendra yet recorded.
Hendra virus can be transmitted from flying foxes to horses, and from horses to people.
Previous studies had found the virus in flying foxes in Queensland and parts of New South Wales.
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