Nipah virus: a narrative review of viral characteristics and epidemiological determinants

Public Health

Volumn 173, Issue , 2019, Pages 97-104

  Sayed, A ^a   Bottu, A ^a   Qaisar, M ^a   Mane, M P ^a   Acharya, Y ^a  

^a Department of Basic Medical Sciences Avalon University School of Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Nipah; Outbreaks; Prevention control; Viruses; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY M102.4H; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; VACCINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BAT; BIOSAFETY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EQUUS; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG COMPLICATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NIPAH VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION;

EQUIDAE; NIPAH VIRUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIPAH VIRUS; VIRAL VACCINES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85067858011     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.05.019     Document Type: Review

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