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Zoonotic Langya virus found in China, CDC says - Taiwan will have to establish a standardized nucleic acid testing method to identify the virus and monitor its spread, the CDC said
Taipei Times ^ | 8-8-22 | Lee I-chia

Posted on 08/08/2022 5:28:46 PM PDT by dynachrome

The Langya henipavirus, which can be transmitted from animals to humans, has been discovered in China, with 35 human infections reported so far, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said, adding that the nation would establish a nucleic acid testing method to identify the virus.

A study titled “A Zoonotic Henipavirus in Febrile Patients in China” that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday said that a new henipavirus associated with a fever-causing human illness was identified in China.

The study said an investigation identified 35 patients with acute infection of the Langya henipavirus in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces, and that 26 of them were infected with the Langya virus only, with no other pathogens.

The 26 patients developed symptoms including fever (100 percent), fatigue (54 percent), a cough (50 percent), loss of appetite (50 percent), muscle pain (46 percent), nausea (38 percent), headache (35 percent) and vomiting (35 percent).

They also showed a decrease in white blood cells (54 percent), low platelet count (35 percent), liver failure (35 percent) and kidney failure (8 percent).

When asked for confirmation, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) on Sunday that said according to the study, human-to-human transmission of the virus has not been reported, and that a serological survey of domestic animals found 2 percent of the tested goats and 5 percent of the tested dogs were positive.

(Excerpt) Read more at taipeitimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anotherdisease; cdc; china; publichealth; taiwan; virus
No human to human transmission........yet.
1 posted on 08/08/2022 5:28:46 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Here we go again. Just in time.


2 posted on 08/08/2022 5:33:30 PM PDT by CommieCutter (LETS GO BRANDON! 🇺🇸)
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To: dynachrome

Not to worry, that evil dwarf Fauxi and the PLA level 4 biolab in Wuhan are working to perfect the jump!


3 posted on 08/08/2022 5:35:07 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: dynachrome

These things used to come out of Africa......interesting they’re now popping up in Chinaland.


4 posted on 08/08/2022 5:38:51 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: CommieCutter

“Here we go again. Just in time.”

Ironic, no?


5 posted on 08/08/2022 5:42:01 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ealgeone

Mainland Chia has always been a source of pandemics. The flu is one that comes to mind.


6 posted on 08/08/2022 5:42:17 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: ealgeone

“These things used to come out of Africa......interesting they’re now popping up in Chinaland.”

China has pretty much colonized Africa.


7 posted on 08/08/2022 5:42:49 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: CommieCutter

8 posted on 08/08/2022 5:44:47 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: CommieCutter

The world hates CHINA

If it’s not viruses it’s invasive species.

How about telling them to F off and isolate them again?

Might take awhile though...


9 posted on 08/08/2022 5:48:05 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: ealgeone

In Africa they are naturally occurring. In China they are naturally lab manufactured.


10 posted on 08/08/2022 6:49:23 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe x)
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To: dynachrome

Oh boy. Those pesky Chinese are at it again!


11 posted on 08/08/2022 7:05:08 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: dynachrome

Oh good God.


12 posted on 08/08/2022 7:22:09 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: dynachrome; 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Infectious Disease ping - Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Langya henipavirus, which can be transmitted from animals to humans, has been discovered in China.

"The Langya henipavirus, which can be transmitted from animals to humans, has been discovered in China, with 35 human infections reported so far,
Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said, adding that the nation would establish a nucleic acid testing method to identify the virus. "

"The study said an investigation identified 35 patients with acute infection of the Langya henipavirus in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces,
and that 26 of them were infected with the Langya virus only, with no other pathogens.
The 26 patients developed symptoms including fever (100 percent), fatigue (54 percent), a cough (50 percent), loss of appetite (50 percent), muscle pain (46 percent),
nausea (38 percent), headache (35 percent) and vomiting (35 percent).
They also showed a decrease in white blood cells (54 percent), low platelet count (35 percent), liver failure (35 percent) and kidney failure (8 percent). "

"When asked for confirmation, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) on Sunday that said according to the study,
human-to-human transmission of the virus has not been reported, and that a serological survey of domestic animals found 2 percent of the tested goats
and 5 percent of the tested dogs were positive."

"Test results from 25 wild animal species suggest that the shrew might be a natural reservoir of the Langya henipavirus,
as the virus was found in 27 percent of the shrew subjects, he said.
Chuang said the 35 patients in China did not have close contact with each other or a common exposure history,
and contact tracing showed no viral transmission among close contacts and family, suggesting that human infections might be sporadic."(Emphasis mine)

13 posted on 08/08/2022 8:13:24 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Why Taiwan? It’d be “shrewd” of Taiwan to tell China to develop their own test. Or apologize for their recent temper tantrum and promise to never blockade Taiwan again.


14 posted on 08/08/2022 8:20:48 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Langya henipavirus, which can be transmitted from animals to humans, has been discovered in China.

They misspelled “created.”

15 posted on 08/08/2022 8:48:32 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: null and void

HE: "A new disease in Red China."
SHE: "Ping Null and Void."
16 posted on 08/09/2022 6:50:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ..
OK, I'm here.
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Hang the guilty. Free everyone else.

17 posted on 08/09/2022 7:45:26 PM PDT by null and void (they promise the jetsons but deliver the flintstones)
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To: BenLurkin; null and void

Heh


18 posted on 08/09/2022 9:11:51 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: CommieCutter

rest of world has moved on since covid while China is still in lockdowns. So chicoms have to introduce a new virus to destroy western economies. This will continue until chicoms are ousted.


19 posted on 08/11/2022 1:07:01 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: ealgeone

It’s not surprising given China is running a bio-weapon development program and they are sloppy as usual.


20 posted on 08/11/2022 1:08:25 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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