Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Amino Acid Substitution / genetics
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Female
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Genome, Viral / genetics*
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Henipavirus Infections / mortality
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Henipavirus Infections / transmission
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Henipavirus Infections / virology*
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Humans
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India
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nipah Virus / genetics*
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Nipah Virus / isolation & purification
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Phylogeny
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Viral Proteins / genetics