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Article: Nipah virus-associated encephalitis outbreak, Siliguri, India.(RESEARCH)
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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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 immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies were detected in 9 of 18 patients. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) assays detected RNA from NiV in urine samples from 5 ...
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