Nipah/Hendra virus outbreak in Siliguri, West Bengal, India in 2001

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-560

  Harit, A K ^a   Ichhpujani, R L ^a   Gupta, Sunil ^b   Gill, K S ^c   Lal, Shiv ^b   Ganguly, N K ^d   Agarwal, S P ^a  

^a Health Services   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis; Nipah Hendra virus; Siliguri

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HENDRA VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIPAH VIRUS; NURSING CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZOOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPAH VIRUS;

EID: 33745447669     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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