[英文釋義] A species of HENIPAVIRUS,closely related to HENDRA VIRUS,which emerged in Peninsular Malaysia in 1998. It causes a severe febrile ENCEPHALITIS in humans and also encephalitis and RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES in pigs. Fruit bats (PTEROPUS) are the natural host.
As long as birds and animals come into contact with men, you find that there are new infections coming in . you had an instance in malaysia of nipah virus which was present in pigs and went to men ?生福利及食物局局長:現(xiàn)時是有藥物對感冒的過濾性病毒有效,但在治療禽流感方面,沒有甚么經(jīng)驗,化驗室的研究證據(jù)顯示,用類似的藥物是可以治療的。