An investigation has been launched after it was revealed 323 virus samples went missing from Virology Laboratory in 2021 in a ...

A new combo of climate and habitat crises, along with immune system stress, is driving more bat-borne viruses to afflict us ...

Over 300 live samples of deadly viruses—including hantavirus, lyssavirus and Hendra virus—went unaccounted for after a ...

"However, Hendra virus — along with certain members of ... and no confirmed Hantavirus infections "ever in Australia." Despite the low risk, Scarpino said, "It’s important to understand ...

The virus samples need optimum low temperatures and without that, they would degrade very rapidly and become non-infectious.

The virus was first discovered in 1994 after an outbreak infected 21 racehorses and two humans in the Brisbane suburb of ...

An investigation has been launched after a laboratory lost hundreds of infectious virus samples, but a state government has ...

The misplaced samples contained Hendra virus, lyssavirus, and hantavirus. All three viruses are predominantly caught through contact with animals and can cause life-threatening infections.

Almost 100 samples of the deadly Hendra virus have gone missing from a government-run laboratory in Queensland, Australia. According to Health Minister Tim Nicholls, a total of 323 samples ...

Among the missing vials are Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus. The samples remain unaccounted for after the major breach of biosecurity controls. The breaches were discovered last August but ...

He said no Hendra or Lyssavirus cases had been detected among humans in Queensland over the past five years, and there had ...