Emerging and re-emerging viruses in Malaysia, 1997-2007

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-318

  Tee, Kok Keng ^a,b   Takebe, Yutaka ^b   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterovirus 71; Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1; HIV 1 CRF33_01B; Melaka virus; Nipah virus; Tioman virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTEROVIRUS; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; MALAYSIA; MELAKA VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOREOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PULAU VIRUS; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; SWINE; TIOMAN VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; SUS SCROFA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 64649092287     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.005     Document Type: Review

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