Nipah virus at 20
This week I attended the Nipah Virus International Conference in Singapore, marking the discovery of the virus 20 years ago. It’s an opportune time to recall the events around the emergence of this deadly pathogen. An outbreak of respiratory disease and encephalitis in pigs during 1998 took place in Ipoh City of Perak state in […]
Source: virology blog - Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information encephalitis fruit bat Hendra virus henipavirus Nipah virus pandemic Pteropus respiratory disease spillover viral viruses Source Type: blogs
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