title: Focus on: Hendra virus in Australia.
abstract: Cases of Hendra virus infection in horses in Australia have been seen regularly since the virus was first isolated in 1994. Kristopher Hughes, associate professor of equine medicine at Charles Sturt University in Australia, gives an overview of how knowledge of the virus has developed in the past 20 years.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, NSW 2678, Australia.
authors.forename: Kristopher
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D045404:Hendra Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045464:Henipavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*