Genetic characterization of Nipah virus, Bangladesh, 2004

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;11(10):1594-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1110.050513.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bangladesh / epidemiology
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Henipavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Henipavirus Infections / virology*
  • Humans
  • Malaysia
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nipah Virus / classification*
  • Nipah Virus / genetics*
  • Nipah Virus / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • Viral Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY988601