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Volume 28, Number 5—May 2022
Dispatch

Novel Hendra Virus Variant Circulating in Black Flying Foxes and Grey-Headed Flying Foxes, Australia

Alison J. Peel1Comments to Author , Claude Kwe Yinda1, Edward J. Annand, Adrienne S. Dale, Peggy Eby, John-Sebastian Eden, Devin N. Jones, Maureen K. Kessler, Tamika J. Lunn, Tim Pearson, Jonathan E. Schulz, Ina L. Smith, Vincent J. Munster2, Raina K. Plowright2, and Bat One Health Group3
Author affiliations: Griffith University Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Nathan, Queensland, Australia (A.J. Peel, P. Eby, T.J. Lunn); National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA (C.K. Yinda, J.E. Schulz, V.J. Munster); EquiEpiVet, Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia (E.J. Annand); Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (E.J. Annand); University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (E.J. Annand, J.-S. Eden); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA (A.S. Dale); University of New South Wales, Sydney (P. Eby); Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA (D.N. Jones, M.K. Kessler, R.K. Plowright); Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia (T. Pearson); CSIRO, Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (I.L. Smith)

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Distribution of flying fox species in Australia (13) and sampling locations for study of HeV variant circulating in flying foxes in southeastern Queensland and mid- to north-coast New South Wales, December 2016–September 2020. A) Locations in Australia; B) locations in study area. HeV, Hendra virus; HeV-g2, HeV genotype 2.

Figure. Distribution of flying fox species in Australia (13) and sampling locations for study of HeV variant circulating in flying foxes in southeastern Queensland and mid- to north-coast New South Wales, December 2016–September 2020. A) Locations in Australia; B) locations in study area. HeV, Hendra virus; HeV-g2, HeV genotype 2.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

3Members of Bat One Health are listed at the end of this article.

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