Clinical features of Nipah virus encephalitis among pig farmers in Malaysia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1229-1235

  Goh, Khean Jin ^a   Tan, Chong Tin ^a   Chew, Nee Kong ^a   Tan, Patrick Seow Koon ^a   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^a   Sarji, Sazilah Ahmad ^a   Wong, Kum Thong ^a   Abdullah, Basri Johan Jeet ^a   Chua, Kaw Bing ^a   Lam, Sai Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NIPAH VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALAYSIA; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; RECURRENCE; SWINE;

EID: 0010219369     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004273421701     Document Type: Article

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