Nipah Virus: The Dreadful Outbreak in India
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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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2574-1241
DOI: 10.26717/bjstr.2019.15.002675