| group b rotaviruses similar to strain cal-1, have been circulating in western india since 1993. | generally, group a rotaviruses are the most common cause of paediatric diarrhoea. however, group b rotavirus, adult diarrhoea rotavirus (adrv), was found to be involved in epidemics of severe gastroenteritis in several areas of china during 1982-1983 and had resulted in more than one million cases among adults as well as older children. human group b rotavirus has been rarely reported outside china, but has been detected first from five adults with diarrhoea in kolkata, india during 1997-1998 (s ... | 2004 | 15310177 |
| nipah virus-associated encephalitis outbreak, siliguri, india. | during january and february 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness associated with altered sensorium was observed in siliguri, west bengal, india. laboratory investigations at the time of the outbreak did not identify an infectious agent. because siliguri is in close proximity to bangladesh, where outbreaks of nipah virus (niv) infection were recently described, clinical material obtained during the siliguri outbreak was retrospectively analyzed for evidence of niv infection. niv-specific immunogl ... | 2006 | 16494748 |
| nipah/hendra virus outbreak in siliguri, west bengal, india in 2001. | the viral encephalitides caused by animal or human viruses are characterized by sudden outbreaks of neurological disease in both tropical and temperate regions. an outbreak of acute encephalitis occurred in siliguri (west bengal) town of india between january 31 and february 23, 2001. this outbreak was investigated by a team of scientists from four major institutions, and the findings are presented here. | 2006 | 16783047 |
| genomic characterization of nipah virus, west bengal, india. | an intrafamilial outbreak in west bengal, india, involving 5 deaths and person-to-person transmission was attributed to nipah virus. full-genome sequence of nipah virus (18,252 nt) amplified from lung tissue showed 99.2% nt and 99.8% aa identity with the bangladesh-2004 isolate, suggesting a common source of the virus. | 2011 | 21529409 |
| detection of nipah virus rna in fruit bat (pteropus giganteus) from india. | the study deals with the survey of different bat populations (pteropus giganteus, cynopterus sphinx, and megaderma lyra) in india for highly pathogenic nipah virus (niv), reston ebola virus, and marburg virus. bats (n = 140) from two states in india (maharashtra and west bengal) were tested for igg (serum samples) against these viruses and for virus rnas. only niv rna was detected in a liver homogenate of p. giganteus captured in myanaguri, west bengal. partial sequence analysis of nucleocapsid, ... | 2012 | 22802440 |