A vaccine for use against the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has ... and Hendra virus,” published in the journal, npj Vaccines, online February 8, 2021. ... outbreaks in humans and livestock in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, ...FollowHome»Vaccines»Nipah,HendraVaccineforHumansEffective7DaysAfterImmunizationNipah,HendraVaccineforHumansEffective7DaysAfterImmunizationbyPressReleaseFebruary8,2021Vaccines1CommentAvaccineforuseagainstthedeadlyNipahandHendraviruseshasdemonstratedeffectivenessinpreclinicalstudiesasearlyas7daysfollowingasingleimmunization,accordingtoanewstudy,“ASingleDoseInvestigationalSubunitVaccineforHumanUseagainstNipahvirusandHendravirus,”publishedinthejournal, npjVaccines,onlineFebruary8,2021.PteropusfruitbatImage/VideoScreenShotAcollaborativegroupofinvestigatorsfromtheUniformedServicesUniversity(USU),theUniversityofTexasMedicalBranch(UTMB)andGalvestonNationalLaboratory(GNL),andProfectusBioSciences,Inc.(nowAuroVaccinesLLC),carriedouttwopreclinicalstudiesofaNipahandHendravirusvaccine. Theirresultsshowthatasubunitvaccineformulatedforuseinhumansiseffectiveasearlyasaweekafterthevaccinationisadministered.NipahvirusandHendravirusemergedinthe1990scausingseriousdiseaseoutbreaksinhumansandlivestockinAustralia,Malaysia,Singapore,BangladeshandIndia.RecentNipahoutbreakshaveresultedinacuterespiratorydistresssyndromeandencephalitis,person-to-persontransmission,andgreaterthan75percentcasefatalityratesamonghumans.ThevirusesarefoundnaturallyinseveralspeciesofPteropidfruitbats(flyingfoxes).TheNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH)andCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionhaveclassifiedNipahandHendraasbiothreatagents,andtheU.S.DepartmentofAgriculturehascharacterizedthemasagriculturethreatagents.InexperimentsconductedinnonhumanprimatesattheGNL,UTMB,Galveston,TX,wherethereisahigh-levelsafetyandsecurityfacilityforworkingwithliveNipahandHendraviruses,theteamofresearchers,underthedirectionofThomasGeisbert,Ph.D.,ProfessorintheDepartmentofMicrobiology&Immunology,demonstratedthatimmunizi