Hendra

Recently released Hollywood film Contagion taps into popular fears of disease outbreaks and is based on a true story – Wang and his colleagues' discovery of the Hendra/ Nipah viruses in the1990s.

最近发行的好莱坞影片《传染病》根据王博士及其同事于20世纪90年代发现亨德拉/尼帕病毒的真实故事，刻画了对疾病疫情的普遍恐惧。

The Hendra and Nipah viruses cause severe illness in humans, characterized by inflammation of the brain or respiratory diseases.

亨德拉病毒和尼帕病毒引起人类罹患严重的脑炎或呼吸道疾病。

Detection of Hendra virus by real-time PCR assay

Hendra病毒的实时PCR检测方法的建立

HeV was first identified during the first recorded outbreak of the disease that took place in the Brisbane suburb of Hendra, Australia, in1994.

在1994年澳大利亚布里斯班市郊亨德拉镇暴发的首次有记载的疫情期间，首度确认了亨德拉病毒。

To date, only seven human cases of Hendra have been recorded-all in Queensland and all traced to horses infected by bats.

到目前为止，仅仅记录了七个人类的亨德拉病例&全部都在昆士兰州，并且全部都追溯到被蝙蝠传染的马。

" Given my background in Hendra and Nipah, I had a hunch that bats were perhaps the natural reservoir," says Wang.

“我研究过亨德拉和尼帕病毒，我的直觉是，蝙蝠很可能是自然宿主”，王博士说。

Methods: Recombinant plasmid DNA of Hendra virus G gene were amplified by conventional PCR and real-time PCR assays, and sensitivity of the two methods was compared.

方法：采用常规PCR法和实时PCR法分别对构建的Hendra病毒全长G基因的重组质粒DNA进行扩增，并比较两种方法的敏感性。

Development of one step Real-time RT-PCR method for detection of Hendra virus

Hendra病毒一步法Real-Time RT-PCR检测方法的建立