Nipah virus infection in dogs, Malaysia, 1999

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2009-06, Vol.15 (6), p.950-952
Hauptverfasser:	Mills, James N, Alim, Asiah N M, Bunning, Michel L, Lee, Ong Bee, Wagoner, Kent D, Amman, Brian R, Stockton, Patrick C, Ksiazek, Thomas G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antibodies, Viral - blood Causes of Control Disease Outbreaks Diseases Dispatch Distribution Dog Diseases - epidemiology Dog Diseases - immunology Dog Diseases - virology Dogs Drug therapy encephalitis Encephalitis, Viral Epidemics Health aspects Henipavirus Infections - veterinary Henipavirus Infections - virology Humans Malaysia Malaysia - epidemiology Nipah virus Nipah Virus - immunology pigs Prevalence Swine - virology Swine Diseases - epidemiology Swine Diseases - virology zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1506.080453