Clinical features of Nipah virus encephalitis among pig farmers in Malaysia

Article Abstract:

Researchers describe an outbreak of encephalitis in Malaysia caused by a previously unknown virus. Encephalitis is an infection of the brain. Of 94 patients examined, 93% reported contact with pigs a few weeks before the illness. Over half the patients had symptoms of brain stem dysfunction. Other symptoms suggested the virus attacked the brain, brain stem and upper spinal cord. Thirty patients died, 50 completely recovered, and 14 had persistent neurological symptoms. The virus was named Nipah virus, and belongs to the class of viruses called paramyxoviruses.

Causes of, Malaysia, Swine, Identification and classification, Encephalitis, Viral, Paramyxoviruses, Viral encephalitis

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Update: West Nile Virus Encephalitis--New York, 1999

Article Abstract:

An outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) infection appears to be over. As of October 19, 1999 56 cases of WNV infection occurred in New York. The peak of the outbreak occurred in August and there have been no new cases since September 22. Mosquitoes and some dead birds in the area both test positive for the virus. Some of the birds were from New Jersey and Connecticut, but no human cases were reported in those two states. Mosquito control measures and cooler weather probably brought an end to the outbreak.

New York, Statistical Data Included, West Nile fever

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