A golden hamster model for human acute Nipah virus infection

• Main Authors: Wong, K.T., Grosjean, I., Brisson, C., Blanquier, B., Fevre-Montange, M., Bernard, A., Loth, P., Georges-Courbot, M.C., Chevallier, M., Akaoka, H., Marianneau, P., Lam, S.K., Wild, T.F., Deubel, V.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RB Pathology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/474/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892425/?tool=pubmed

A predominantly pig-to-human zoonotic infection caused by the novel Nipah virus emerged recently to cause severe morbidity and mortality in both animals and man. Human autopsy studies showed the pathogenesis to be related to systemic vasculitis that led to widespread thrombotic occlusion and microin...