Nipah virus - A potential agent of bioterrorism?

Antiviral Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Lam, Sai Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Nipah virus; Ribavirin; Zoonotic paramyxovirus

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CAT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DOG; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDEMIC; FARMING SYSTEM; HANTAVIRUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HORSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; FELIS CATUS; NIPAH VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037282202     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3542(02)00204-8     Document Type: Article

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