Case-control study of risk factors for human infection with a new zoonotic paramyxovirus, Nipah virus, during a 1998-1999 outbreak of severe encephalitis in Malaysia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1755-1759

  Parashar, Umesh D ^a,h   Sunn, Lye Munn ^b   Ong, Flora ^f   Mounts, Anthony W ^a   Arif, Mohamad Taha ^c   Ksiazek, Thomas G ^a   Kamaluddin, Muhammad A ^b   Mustafa, Amal N ^b   Kaur, Hanjeet ^b   Ding, Lay Ming ^d   Othman, Ghazali ^g   Radzi, Hayati M ^f   Kitsutani, Paul T ^a   Stockton, Patrick C ^a   Arokiasamy, John ^e   Gary Jr , Howard E ^a   Anderson, Larry J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^d Public Health Institute   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^f Forest Department Sarawak   (Malaysia)

^g Negeri Sembilan State Hlth Dept   (Malaysia)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034040990     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315457     Document Type: Article

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