| nipah encephalitis outbreak in malaysia, clinical features in patients from seremban. | an outbreak of viral encephalitis occurred among pig industry workers in malaysia in september 1998 to april 1999. the encephalitis was attributed to a new paramyxovirus, nipah virus. this is a description of the clinical features of 103 patients treated in the seremban hospital with characterization of the prognostic factors. | 2002 | 11858542 |
| assessment of nipah virus transmission among pork sellers in seremban, malaysia. | between september 1998 and may 1999, 265 cases of encephalitis were reported from among those involved in pig rearing. a few cases were also reported among abattoir workers. this raised questions of the risk of transmission among those who handled raw pork. a serosurvey was conducted among pork sellers in seremban town, which is about 20 km from one of the pig rearing areas which had reported cases of encephalitis. it was found that out of the 28 pork sellers tested, only one tested positive for ... | 2000 | 11127331 |
| risk factors for nipah virus transmission, port dickson, negeri sembilan, malaysia: results from a hospital-based case-control study. | a hospital-based case-control study of viral encephalitis was carried out at port dickson hospital, in the state of negeri sembilan, malaysia. between march and may 1999, 69 clinically diagnosed viral encephalitis cases and 31 controls were interviewed. job histories on pig farming activities were assessed by a group of epidemiologists and veterinary surgeons. results show that among clinical cases of viral encephalitis, 52 (75.4%) cases were diagnosed to have nipah virus infection based on posi ... | 2000 | 11127330 |