Social history of viruses of encephalitis, of which 105 were fatal, were recorded. A new paramyxovirus was discovered in a victim's brain; it was named Nipah virus, after the village where he had lived. The infection was caused by a virus from fruit bats, after their colony had been disrupted by deforestation. The bats had moved to trees nearer the pig farm and the pigs caught the virus from their droppings. Several highly lethal viral pathogens are members of the "Filoviridae". Filoviruses are filament-like viruses that cause viral haemorrhagic fever, and include the Ebola and Marburg viruses. The Marburg virus attracted widespread press attention
Verminous haemorrhagic dermatitis (cattle) Verminous haemorrhagic dermatitis (cattle) Verminous haemorrhagic dermatitis is a filariasis of cattle marked by a cutaneous haemorrhagic nodule. It is referred sometimes to as "summer wound" (German "Sommerwunden"). It is caused by infestation with the nematode "Parafilaria bovicola". Transmission involves fly vectors of the genus "Musca", which ingest microfilariae when feeding on the skin lesions. The disease has been reported in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia, and especially South Africa. In Germany, the nodules are known to develop on the upper side on the body. In Morocco, the haemorrhagic lesions are mainly seen on the belly, neck and forelimbs,