Long‐term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infection

J. Sejvar, James; Hossain, Jahangir; K Saha, S; S. Gurley, Emily; Banu, Shakila; Hamadani, Jena; Abdul Faiz, Mohammed; Siddiqui, FM; Deen Mohammad, Quazi; Hossain Mollah, Abid; Uddin, Rafique; Alam, Rajibul; Rahman, Ridwanur; Tin Tan, Chong; J. Bellini, William; A. Rota, Paul; F. Breiman, Robert; P. Luby, Stephen

doi:10.1002/ana.21178

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Long‐term neurological and functional outcome in Nipah virus infection

Published in Annals of Neurology • Aug 15, 2007

Authors:

James J. Sejvar

Jahangir Hossain

S K Saha

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging zoonosis. Central nervous system disease frequently results in high case-fatality. Long-term neurological assessments of survivors are limited. We assessed long-term neurologic and functional outcomes of 22 patients surviving NiV illness in Bangladesh. MET...

Subject

Medicine

Encephalitis

Pediatrics

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