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lity occurred yesterday, with the death of a woman from Mackay (Qld) who was bitten by an infected bat two years ago.

The other virus, known as the Menangle virus was first isolated in 1997 by NSW Agriculture after pig illness and miscarriage in a NSW piggery, and influenza like symptoms occurred in piggery workers. The Menangle virus is also carried by fruit bats.

"The number of 'new' viruses discovered in Australia this decade means that this type of basic research is even more important. It ensures that we maintain our skills in dealing with newly emerging diseases," Dr Williamson says.

AAHL scientists first identified the Hendra virus after tissue samples were rushed from Queensland during an outbreak of the mystery disease in Hendra in1994, in which one human and thirteen horses died. The scientists showed the disease was not caused by an exotic (foreign) disease, but was in fact a new virus that had not previously been identified.

One person and two horses died in a later outbreak in Mackay in 1994-95. There have been no further outbreaks of the disease since that time.


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Contact: Nick Goldie
nick.goldie@nap.csiro.au
61-2-6276-6478
CSIRO Australia
14-Dec-1998


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