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1: Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Apr-Jun;4(2):269-71.Click here to read Links

An apparently new virus (family Paramyxoviridae) infectious for pigs, humans, and fruit bats.

Philbey AW, Kirkland PD, Ross AD, Davis RJ, Gleeson AB, Love RJ, Daniels PW, Gould AR, Hyatt AD.

Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, New South Wales, Australia. Adrian.Philbey@agric.nsw.gov.au

We isolated an apparently new virus in the family Paramyxoviridae from stillborn piglets with deformities at a piggery in New South Wales, Australia. In 1997, the pregnancy rate and litter size at the piggery decreased markedly, while the proportion of mummified fetuses increased. We found serologic evidence of infection in pigs at the affected piggery and two associated piggeries, in humans exposed to infected pigs, and in fruit bats. Menangle virus is proposed as a common name for this agent, should further studies confirm that it is a newly recognized virus.

PMID: 9621197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2640116