Yesterday, Monday, China announced the registration of up to 35 human infections with a new virus of the type of virus that is transmitted from animal to human, called “Langya”, and the cases were identified in Shandong Provinces in eastern China and Henan Province in China. Central, prompting authorities to begin DNA testing to identify and monitor the spread of the virus, according to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by scientists from China and Singapore.
Symptoms
The new type of virus was discovered in throat swab samples from patients with fever in eastern China who had recent direct contact with animals, and with further investigations it was found that 26 out of 35 cases of “Langia” virus infection had developed clinical symptoms such as fever. irritability, cough, loss of appetite, nausea, headache, vomiting.
Symptoms of the virus are: fever, fatigue, cough, cold, loss of appetite, muscle aches, nausea and vomiting. The virus may eventually lead to low white blood cells and low platelet counts, resulting in kidney and liver failure.
Langia virus or “LayV” is a zoonotic virus, often transmitted from animal to animal. However, following 35 human infections were reported in China, health experts are now concerned regarding its transmission to humans.
