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Nipah Virus Infection in Dogs, Malaysia, 1999 |
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| Authors: | James N. Mills Asiah N.M. Alim Michel L. Bunning Ong Bee Lee Kent D. Wagoner Brian R. Amman Patrick C. Stockton Thomas G. Ksiazek |
| Affiliation: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.N. Mills, B.R. Amman, P.C. Stockton, T.G. Ksiazek);Regional Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (A.N.M. Alim);Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (M.L. Bunning);Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, DC, USA (M.L. Bunning);Department of Veterinary Services, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (O.B. Lee);Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA (K.D. Wagoner) |
| Abstract: | The 1999 outbreak of Nipah virus encephalitis in humans and pigs in Peninsular Malaysia ended with the evacuation of humans and culling of pigs in the epidemic area. Serologic screening showed that, in the absence of infected pigs, dogs were not a secondary reservoir for Nipah virus. |
| Keywords: | Dogs Nipah virus encephalitis pigs zoonoses Malaysia dispatch |