Nipah virus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging paramyxoviral zoonosis.

• Main Authors: Wong, K.T., Shieh, Wun-Ju, Kumar, Shalini, Norain, Karim, Abdullah, Wahidah, Guarner, Jeannette, Goldsmith, Cynthia S., Chua, Kaw Bing, Lam, Sai Kit, Tan, Chong Tin, Goh, Khean Jin, Chong, Heng Thay, Jusoh, Rani, Rollin, Pierre E., Ksiazek, Thomas G., Zaki, S.R.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/460/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1850894/?tool=pubmed

In 1998, an outbreak of acute encephalitis with high mortality rates among pig handlers in Malaysia led to the discovery of a novel paramyxovirus named Nipah virus. A multidisciplinary investigation that included epidemiology, microbiology, molecular biology, and pathology was pivotal in the discove...