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
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease myxomatosis. FILAVAC has been authorised by the VMD in April 2017 ; it is currently the only vaccine containing both classic and variant strain of VHD virus. New outbreak in Canada reported on Vancouver Island http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-issues-warning-to-pet-rabbit-owners-as-virus-spreads-to-lower-mainland-1.4587233 Rabbit haemorrhagic disease Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD), also known as rabbit calicivirus disease (RCD) or viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD), is a highly infectious and often fatal disease that affects wild and domestic rabbits of the species "Oryctolagus cuniculus". The infectious agent responsible for the disease is rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), or rabbit calicivirus (RCV), genus "Lagovirus" of the family Caliciviridae. The virus infects