Find the culprit leading to mad snake disease

Microbiologists have discovered a new virus that causes a strange disease in snakes with symptoms like drunkenness and self-tightening.

Crazy snake snakes often tie their bodies and vomit food for a long time.

According to experts, this disease is called 'mad snake disease' , which has the same disorder symptoms as pythons that wrap themselves tightly and vomit food for a long time. 'These are quite strange symptoms. The snake forces itself to become a button and cannot recognize itself, ' said Michael Buchmeier, an infectious disease professor at the University of California.

Through investigation of a solid outbreak at Aquarium Steinhart in San Francisco and testing of infected python DNA samples, the researchers found that the cause of mad snake disease may be caused by the new virus of the arenaviruses . They have an unusual structure compared to arenaviruses found in reptiles that are only found in rodents, mammals and even humans.

The good news is that so far there is no evidence that the virus strain can spread to humans, but researchers warn that this new virus could destroy animal populations, zoos, and aquariums. fish when it enters. Now researchers are continuing to explain how arenavirus spreads from solid to solid.

It is known that Arenavirus is an infectious viral genus in rodents and sometimes humans, with at least 8 known arenaviruses that can cause disease in humans. Diseases originating from arenaviruses with different severity, usually meningitis, spinal cord and dengue.

Reference: Huffingtonpost