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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141433
Personal Author:
Ching, Paola Katrina G. ; de los Reyes, Vikki Carr ; Sucaldito, Maria Nemia ; Tayag, Enrique ; Columna-Vingno, Alah Baby ; ... More +
Ching, Paola Katrina G. ; de los Reyes, Vikki Carr ; Sucaldito, Maria Nemia ; Tayag, Enrique ; Columna-Vingno, Alah Baby ; Malbas, Fedelino F. ; Bolo, Gilbert C. ; Sejvar, James J. ; Eagles, Debbie ; Playford, Geoffrey ; Dueger, Erica ; Kaku, Yoshihiro ; Morikawa, Shigeru ; Kuroda, Makoto ; Marsh, Glenn A. ; McCullough, Sam ; Foxwell, A. Ruth Less -
Description:
During 2014, henipavirus infection caused severe illness among humans and horses in southern Philippines; fatality rates among humans were high. Horse-to-human and human-to-human transmission occurred. The most likely source of horse infection was fruit bats. Ongoing surveillance is needed for rapid diagnosis, risk factor investigation, control measure implementation, and further virus characterization.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Animal Diseases
Animals
Base Sequence
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Female
Henipavirus
Henipavirus Infections
Henipavirus Infections/history
History, 21st Century
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Molecular Typing
Phylogeny
Population Surveillance
Sequence Alignment
Serotyping
Viral Proteins
Young Adult

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(2):328-331.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Philippines
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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