De novo recovery of Ghana virus, an African bat Henipavirus, reveals differential tropism and attenuated pathogenicity compared to Nipah virus
Griffin D. Haas, Olivier Escaffre, Rebecca A. Reis, Terry L. Juelich, Jennifer K. Smith, Lihong Zhang, Birte Kalveram, Axel A. Guzmán-Solís, Dariia Vyshenska, William R. Klain, Alexander L. Greninger, Alexander N. Freiberg, Benhur Lee
This study recovers Ghana virus, an African bat Henipavirus, and shows it has restricted receptor tropism and attenuated pathogenicity compared to Nipah virus.
Cell Reports · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology