title: [Nipah encephalitis].
abstract: Nipah encephalitis is a particular dangerous disease that affects animals and man. Fatal cases of the disease have been identified in the persons looking after pigs in the villages of Malaysia. The causative agent is presumably referred to as morbilliviruses of the Paramixoviridae family. Two hundred persons died among the ill patients with the signs of encephalitis. The principal hosts of the virus were fox-bats (Megaschiroptera) inhabiting in the surrounding forests. The present paper descries the epidemiological features of the disease, its clinical manifestations, abnormal anatomic changes, diagnosis, and implemented controlling measures.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kolomytsev
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kurinnov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mikolaĭchuk
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Zakutskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000473:pathology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D045464:Henipavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D045405:Nipah Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral