Nipah Virus Infection in Bats (Order Chiroptera) in Peninsular Malaysia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001 Nipah virus, family Paramyxoviridae, caused disease in pigs and humans in peninsular Malaysia in 1998-99. Because Nipah virus appears closely related to Hendra virus, wildlife surveillance focused primarily on pteropid bats (suborder Megachiroptera), a ...
Johara Mohd Yob +10 more
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Exposure-Based Screening for Nipah Virus Encephalitis, Bangladesh
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 We measured the performance of exposure screening questions to identify Nipah virus encephalitis in hospitalized encephalitis patients during the 2012–13 Nipah virus season in Bangladesh.
Hossain M.S. Sazzad +7 more
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Nipah@20: Lessons Learned from Another Virus with Pandemic Potential
mSphere, 2020 Nipah disease is listed as one of the WHO priority diseases that pose the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic potential. More than 200 experts from around the world convened in Singapore last year to mark the 20th anniversary of the first ...
Raúl Gómez Román +8 more
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Nipah Virus Detection at Bat Roosts after Spillover Events, Bangladesh, 2012–2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Knowledge of the dynamics and genetic diversity of Nipah virus circulating in bats and at the human-animal interface is limited by current sampling efforts, which produce few detections of viral RNA.
Clifton D. McKee +14 more
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Nipah Virus Infection in Dogs, Malaysia, 1999
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 The 1999 outbreak of Nipah virus encephalitis in humans and pigs in Peninsular Malaysia ended with the evacuation of humans and culling of pigs in the epidemic area.
James N. Mills +7 more
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Genomic Characterization of Nipah Virus, West Bengal, India
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 An intrafamilial outbreak in West Bengal, India, involving 5 deaths and person-to-person transmission was attributed to Nipah virus. Full-genome sequence of Nipah virus (18,252 nt) amplified from lung tissue showed 99.2% nt and 99.8% aa identity with the
Vidya A. Arankalle +11 more
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Nipah Virus in Kerala, India – Unravelling the Local Outbreak and Assessing Global Threats: A Narrative Review [PDF]
European Medical JournalThe recent emergence of the Nipah virus in the same district of Kozhikode, India, following its outbreak in 2018 and 2021, has elicited heightened apprehension among the public amidst the era of COVID-19.
M.G. Gopika, Raj Mohan, Sayan Roy
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Clinical Progression, Viral Load Dynamics, and Immune Kinetics of Nipah Virus Infection: Nipah Virus Kinetics Study Protocol. [PDF]
Curr ProtocAbstract Background: Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic pathogen with pandemic potential. Understanding the immune response to this pathogen is important for developing vaccines and therapeutics. This study aims to characterize viral load, host immune kinetics, and biomarker progression throughout NiV infection.
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Infections among Contacts of Patients with Nipah Virus, India
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We conducted a serosurvey of 155 healthcare workers and 124 household and community members who had close contact with 18 patients who had laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India.
C.P. Girish Kumar +19 more
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Transmission Routes for Nipah Virus from Malaysia and Bangladesh
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 Human infections with Nipah virus in Malaysia and Bangladesh are associated with markedly different patterns of transmission and pathogenicity. To compare the 2 strains, we conducted an in vivo study in which 2 groups of ferrets were oronasally exposed ...
Bronwyn A. Clayton +6 more
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