noun
mass nounA virus carried by fruit bats which is potentially fatal to animals and humans.
‘the Hendra virus killed an Australian a decade ago’- ‘A greater proportion of Queensland respondents felt the information was useful to them in reducing Hendra virus infection.’
- ‘A worrying number of Australian horse owners who responded to an online survey indicated little or no knowledge of the deadly Hendra virus.’
- ‘An antibody manufactured at The University of Queensland will be used in world-first human Hendra virus clinical trials starting this month.’
- ‘Some bats are also known to carry the Hendra virus.’
- ‘Authorities detected the first case of Hendra virus antibodies in a dog within a natural environment that same year.’
- ‘A Hendra virus vaccine is available for horses.’
- ‘The research group developed a vaccine based on a Hendra virus surface protein.’
- ‘The work reports on a deadly virus, Hendra virus.’
- ‘Australian officials uncovered two more cases of the deadly horse-borne Hendra virus.’
- ‘They also developed the first Lyme disease vaccine for dogs and a new vaccine to combat Hendra virus.’
Origin
1990s from the name of a suburb of Brisbane, the location of the first known outbreak of the virus.
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