Queensland, Australia: Women exposed to hendra virus hospitalized

Posted on July 20, 2012 • Filed under: Australia, Travel News

A WOMAN is being flown from Rockhampton to Brisbane after a high degree of exposure to a foal that died of Hendra virus. Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the woman would be assessed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and a decision made about whether to give her an experimental antibody treatment. Read article

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