Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2005)

Genetic Characterization of Nipah Virus, Bangladesh, 2004

  • Brian H. Harcourt,
  • Luis Lowe,
  • Azaibi Tamin,
  • Zhenhua Yu,
  • Bettina Bankamp,
  • Nadine Bowden,
  • Pierre E. Rollin,
  • James A. Comer,
  • Thomas G. Ksiazek,
  • Mohammed Jahangir Hossain,
  • Emily S. Gurley,
  • Robert F. Breiman,
  • William J. Bellini,
  • Paul A. Rota

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.050513
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 10
pp. 1594 – 1597

Abstract

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Until 2004, identification of Nipah virus (NV)-like outbreaks in Bangladesh was based on serology. We describe the genetic characterization of a new strain of NV isolated during outbreaks in Bangladesh (NV-B) in 2004, which confirms that NV was the etiologic agent responsible for these outbreaks.

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