Assessment of Nipah virus transmission among pork sellers in Seremban, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 307-309

  Premalatha, G D ^a   Lye, M S ^b,f   Ariokasamy, J ^c   Parashar, U D ^d   Rahmat, R ^e   Lee, B Y ^e   Ksiazek, T G ^d  

^a Freshwater Fisheries Centre   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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

^e State Health Office   (Malaysia)

^f INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE;

EID: 0034198546     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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