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Microbes and Infection

Volume 3, Issue 4, April 2001, Pages 315-322
Microbes and Infection

Comparative pathology of the diseases caused by Hendra and Nipah viruses

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Abstract

Information on the pathogenesis and transmissibility of Hendra and Nipah viruses was obtained by comparing their histopathology. Both viruses induced syncytial cells in vascular tissues and they were primarily vasotropic and/or neurotropic, generating interstitial pneumonia or encephalitis. Nipah virus in pigs was also epitheliotropic in respiratory epithelium and thus contagious.

Keywords

pathogenesis
transmissibility
pathology
vasotropism
neurotropism
Hendra virus
Nipah virus

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