MR imaging in Nipah virus infection [2009] - 391KB
by CC Tchoyoson Lim
Advanced diffusion weighted (DW) MRI of the brain in the fatal outbreak of Nipah viral encephalitis among pig workers in Malaysia and Singapore revealed a pattern similar to ischaemic infarction cause...

Ten year clinical and serological outcomes of Nipah virus infection [2009] - 381KB
by SR Siva, HT Chong, CT Tan
Background and Objective: Nipah virus is an emerging zoonotic virus which caused fatal outbreak among Malaysian pig-farmers in 1998-1999. The Nipah virus outbreak represented one of the bat-derived pa...

Pathology of Henipavirus infection in humans and hamster model [2009] - 262KB
by KT Wong
Hendra and Nipah viruses (genus: Henipavirus) are novel paramyxoviruses that emerged to cause severe human and animal disease. Studies in both humans and animals suggest that both viral infections are...

Nipah virus: Phylogeny and replication [2009] - 274KB
by LY Chang, S AbuBakar
Phylogenetic analysis of Nipah virus isolates from Malaysia, Bangladesh and Cambodia suggested the presence of at least two different clusters of NiV strains. Based on the major glycoprotein (G) gene,...

Genetic characterization of a Nipah virus isolated from a Pteropus vampyrus in Malaysia [2009] - 209KB
by SH Sharifah, AR Sohayati, M Maizan, LY Chang, M Sharina, AK Syamsiah, K Latiffah, SS Arshad, CM Zaini, F Humes, P Daszak, J Epstein
Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the N, P, M, F, G and L open-reading frames of a Nipah virus isolated from a Pteropus vampyrus illustrated the uniqueness of the genetic signature of this virus c...

Nipah virus entry into the host cell does not occur by fusion at the plasma membrane but by the endocytic mechanism of macropinocytosis [2009] - 168KB
by O Pernet, C Pohl, M Ainouze, H Kweder, R Buckland
The Henipaviruses Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) are zoonotic biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) paramyxoviruses which have emerged respectively in Asia and Australia over the past ten to fifteen yea...

Nipah virus and bats [2009] - 534KB
by HT Chong, S Abdullah, CT Tan
Since the initial outbreak in Malaysia, small outbreaks of Nipah encephalitis have been reported almost annually in Bangladesh. Epidemiological studies have shown that the virus could be transmitted f...

Hendra virus infection risks [2009] - 196KB
by H Field
Bats of the genus Pteropus are natural hosts of henipaviruses, an emergent group of viruses that includes two recognised members of the genus: Hendra virus and Nipah virus. Hendra virus was first desc...

Etiology and risk factors of ischemic stroke in Indian-American patients from a hospital-based registry in New Jersey, USA [2009] - 188KB
by M Biswas, S Sen, J Simmons
Background and Objective: The stroke center at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute is located in Edison township in New Jersey which has one of the largest fractions of Asian immigrants in USA. This...

Stroke profile in Afghanistan and Nepal [2009] - 183KB
by D Bhalla, B Marin, PM Preux
Background and Objective: Stroke is a major health issue in semi-industrialized countries. We studied the stroke profile and risk factors of two semi-industrialized countries - Afghanistan and Nepal t...