Taipei, Aug. 14 (CNA) Taiwanese scientists have developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based testing process to diagnose Langya henipavirus (LayV), a new animal-derived virus that has been detected in eastern China, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Sunday.
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<strong>LayV test developed</strong>
Taiwanese researchers have developed a polymerase chain reaction-based test to diagnose Langya henipavirus (LayV), a recently discovered animal-derived virus that has been detected in eastern China, the Centers for Disease Control said yesterday. LayV, which was first described by Chinese scientists in an Aug. 4 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, has infected dozens of people, mainly farmers, in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces. Many patients had symptoms such as a fever, fatigue and coughing. The virus is believed to have been transmitted to humans from shrews, but there is no evidence that it can be