https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11266705/New-deadly-Ebola-like-virus-lives-monkeys-Africa-poised-spillover-humans.html
Deadly new Ebola-like virus that lives
in monkeys in Africa is 'poised for spillover'
into humans and could cause next pandemic,
study warns
Daily Mail (UK), by Cassidy Morrison
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/30/2022 11:32:43 AM
Scientists fear they've found the next big pandemic threat — a virus that lives in monkeys in Africa. Simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) causes devastating internal bleeding and kills virtually every primate it infects. It hijacks the immune system, disabling key defense mechanisms and breaking the body down cell by cell. No cases have been detected in humans yet but it is 'poised for a spillover', according to US researchers. By developing tests and monitoring the virus now 'the global health community could potentially avoid another pandemic', they said. Experts at the University of Colorado Boulder are raising the alarm due to SHFV's 'compatibility… with humans'. In a lab study,