Nipah virus: a recently emergent deadly paramyxovirus

• Main Authors: Chua, K.B., Bellini, W.J., Rota, P.A., Harcourt, B.H., Tamin, A., Lam, S.K., Ksiazek, T.G., Rollin, P.E., Zaki, S.R., Shieh, W., Goldsmith, C.S., Gubler, D.J., Roehrig, J.T., Eaton, B., Gould, A.R., Olson, J., Field, H., Daniels, P., Ling, A.E., Peters, C.J., Anderson, L.J., Mahy, B.W.
• Format: Article
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2000
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/410/; http://science.sciencemag.org/content/288/5470/1432.long
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

A paramyxovirus virus termed Nipah virus has been identified as the etiologic agent of an outbreak of severe encephalitis in people with close contact exposure to pigs in Malaysia and Singapore. The outbreak was first noted in late September 1998 and by mid-June 1999, more than 265 encephalitis case...