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Nipah Virus Infection in Dogs, Malaysia, 1999

Authors :
James N. Mills
Ong Bee Lee
Michel L. Bunning
Thomas G. Ksiazek
Brian R. Amman
Asiah N.M. Alim
Patrick C. Stockton
Kent D. Wagoner
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 6, Pp 950-952 (2009), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009.

Abstract

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. Serologic screening showed that, in the absence of infected pigs, dogs were not a secondary reservoir for Nipah virus.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
15
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....736c7ee9cc25dbc6261dde562af7ef80