title: Hendra virus outbreak with novel clinical features, Australia.
abstract: To determine the epidemiologic and clinical features of a 2008 outbreak of Hendra virus infection in a veterinary clinic in Australia, we investigated the equine case-series. Four of 5 infected horses died, as did 1 of 2 infected staff members. Clinical manifestation in horses was predominantly neurologic. Preclinical transmission appears likely.
authors.affiliation: Biosecurity Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. hume.fi eld@dpi.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Hume
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Kylie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schaaf
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waltisbuhl
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hobert
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glanville
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lovell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D045404:Hendra Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045464:Henipavirus Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000821:virology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009026:Mortality