2022 Langya virus outbreak in China

When

2022

Kind

Epidemic

Coordinates

35.84° N, 103.45° E

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

A possibly ongoing outbreak of Langya henipavirus (LayV) was reported in China in August 2022, with 35 identified cases spanning from 2018 to August 2022. The index case was a 53-year-old female farmer who had been in contact with shrews and presented with a fever, headache, cough and nausea in Qingdao city. The virus was named "Langya" after the hometown of the index patient in Shandong.

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