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
German frigate Hessen USS "Harry S. Truman", after which "Hessen" accompanied the combat group on the first half of its deployment to the Mediterranean. German frigate Hessen Hessen is a "Sachsen"-class frigate of the German Navy. Built by Nordseewerke, Emden, "Hessen" was the third and final ship of the "Sachsen" class to be launched and then commissioned into the German Navy. She is based at Wilhelmshaven with the other ships of the "Sachsen" class as part of "2. Fregattengeschwader", which itself forms part of the "Einsatzflottille 2". Shortly after her commissioning in 2006, "Hessen" was deployed with other ships of the German Navy