Hendra therapy set for human trial

AN antibody therapy for people exposed to the deadly Hendra virus will be formally trialled on humans for the first time.

The world-first trial is expected to be announced on Thursday afternoon.

The therapy has already been given to five people, including four Queenslanders, but has never been extensively tested on humans.

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg and NSW Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson are meeting with University of Queensland professor Peter Gray on Thursday afternoon.

They will announce groundbreaking research, expected to be the antibody therapy, which aims to provide extra protection against Hendra.

If the trial is successful, the antibody will be able to be routinely given to those exposed to the virus.

There's no known cure for Hendra, which kills about 60 per cent of those it infects.

A Hendra vaccine for horses was made available last November to break the cycle of transmission and prevent human deaths.

The Equivac HeV vaccine has been given to 150,000 horses across Australia.

Horses are believed to contract Hendra from feed contaminated by urine, saliva or birthing fluids from flying foxes.

Four people have died from the virus in Australia since 1994.

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