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Recent progress in henipavirus research: molecular biology, genetic diversity, animal models.
Antiviral research - 1 Aug 2012
Rockx Barry, Winegar Richard, Freiberg Alexander N
Abstract excerpt
Nipah and Hendra virus are members of a newly identified genus of emerging paramyxoviruses, the henipaviruses. Both viruses have the ability to cause severe pulmonary infection and severe acute encephalitis. Following their discovery in the 1990s, outbreaks caused by these zoonotic paramyxoviruses have been associated with high public health and especially economic threat potential. Currently, only geographic...
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