For the first time, a potentially fatal virus has been found in the United States. Scientists in Alabama discovered the Camp Hill virus in shrews,
Raising concerns that it can spread to people via animal reservoirs and result in a potentially widespread epidemic.
The Camp Hill virus is a member of the henipavirus family of infections, which also includes the Nipah virus, which is spread by bats and may kill up to 70% of its victims.
However, no human case of the Camp Hill virus has ever been documented, and experts are unsure of the symptoms and fatality rate. The Langya virus, which spread from shrews to humans in China,
Is the virus that infects people closest to Camp Hill. It results in renal damage, liver malfunction, fever, exhaustion, coughing, and muscular pains.
