Nipah virus encephalitis outbreak in Malaysia

Emerging infectious diseases involving zoonosis have become important global health problems. The 1998 outbreak of severe febrile encephalitis among pig farmers in Malaysia caused by a newly emergent paramyxovirus, Nipah virus, is a good example. This disease has the potential to spread to other cou...

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Main Authors: Lam, Sai Kit, Chua, Kaw Bing
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2002
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