No evidence of prolonged Hendra virus shedding by 2 patients, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2025-2027

  Taylor, Carmel ^a   Playford, Elliott G ^b,c   McBride, William J H ^d   McMahon, Jamie ^a   Warrilow, David ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SERODIAGNOSIS; URINALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HENDRA VIRUS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS SHEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869807139     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.120722     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Field HE, Mackenzie JS, Daszak P. Henipaviruses: emerging paramyxoviruses associated with fruit bats. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2007;315:133-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70962-6_7
2. Goh KJ, Tan CT, Chew NK, Tan PS, Kamarulzaman A, Sarji SA, et al. Clinical features of Nipah virus encephalitis among pig farmers in Malaysia. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:1229-35. http://dx.doi. org/10.1056/NEJM200004273421701
3. Tan CT, Goh KJ, Wong KT, Sarji SA, Chua KB, Chew NK, et al. Relapsed and late-onset Nipah encephalitis. Ann Neurol. 2002;51:703-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.10212
4. Chong HT, Chong TT. Relapsed and late-onset Nipah encephalitis, a report of three cases. Neurology Journal of Southeast Asia. 2003;8:109-12.
5. O'Sullivan JD, Allworth AM, Paterson DL, Snow TM, Boots R, Gleeson LJ, et al. Fatal encephalitis due to novel paramyxovirus transmitted from horses. Lancet. 1997;349:93-5. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/S0140-6736(96)06162-4
6. Wong KT, Robertson T, Ong BB, Chong JW, Yaiw KC, Wang LF, et al. Human Hendra virus infection causes acute and relapsing encephalitis. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2009;35:296-305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00991.x
7. Australian veterinary emergency plan. Version 3.3; 2009 [cited 2012 Jun 28]. http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/RPB3.3-05FINAL27Jul11.pdf
8. Hanna JN, McBride WJ, Brookes DL, Shield J, Taylor CT, Smith IL, et al. Hendra virus infection in a veterinarian. Med J Aust. 2006;185:562-4.
9. Playford EG, McCall B, Smith G, Slinko V, Allen G, Smith I, et al. Human Hendra virus encephalitis associated with equine outbreak, Australia, 2008. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010;16:219-23.
10. Bossart KN, McEachern JA, Hickey AC, Choudhry V, Dimitrov DS, Eaton BT, et al. Neutralization assays for differential henipavirus serology using Biol-Plex protein array systems. J Virol Methods. 2007;142:29-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.01.003
11. Smith IL, Halpin K, Warrilow D, Smith GA. Development of a fluorogenic RT-PCR assay (TaqMan) for the detection of Hendra virus. J Virol Methods. 2001;98:33-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-0934(01)00354-8
12. Davis LE, DeBiasi R, Goade DE, Haaland KY, Harrington JA, Harnar JB, et al. West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease. Ann Neurol. 2006;60:286-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.20959
13. Kapoor H, Signs K, Somsel P, Downes FP, Clark PA, Massey JP. Persistence of West Nile virus (WNV) IgM antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with CNS disease. J Clin Virol. 2004;31:289-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2004.05.017
14. Garg RK. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. J Neurol. 2008;255:1861-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0032-6