Genomic Characterization of Nipah Virus, West Bengal, India

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Arankalle, Vidya A. ; Bandyopadhyay, Bhaswati T. ; Ramdasi, Ashwini Y. ; Jadi, Ramesh ; Patil, Dilip R. ; Rahman, Mehebubar ; Majumdar, Monalisa ; Banerjee, Parthasarthi S. ; Hati, Amiyakumar K. ; Goswami, Ramaprasad P. ; Neogi, Dhruba Kumar ; Mishra, Akhilesh C.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Amino Acid Substitution Dispatch Female Genome, Viral Henipavirus Infections Humans Male Molecular Sequence Data Nipah Virus Phylogeny Viral Proteins

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(5):907-909.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a3061de1d643047687f8ac526b9876e3f3868e049869e7db8d1f404048b7f09a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24347/cdc_24347_DS1.pdf
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