In March 2003, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was discovered in association with cases
of severe acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS). The sequence of the complete genome of …

During January and February 2001, an outbreak of febrile illness associated with altered
sensorium was observed in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. Laboratory investigations at the time of …

An encephalitis outbreak was investigated in Faridpur District, Bangladesh, in April–May
2004 to determine the cause of the outbreak and risk factors for disease. Biologic specimens …

A real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was
developed to rapidly detect the severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus (SARS-…

BackgroundThe most severe sequela of measles virus infection is subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis (SSPE), a fatal disease of the central nervous system that generally develops 7–…

Until 2004, identification of Nipah virus (NV)-like outbreaks in Bangladesh was based on
serology. We describe the genetic characterization of a new strain of NV isolated during …

Background Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000 but remains
endemic worldwide. In 2005, a 17-year-old unvaccinated girl who was incubating measles …

Introduction: We investigated a cluster of patients with encephalitis in the Manikgonj and
Rajbari Districts of Bangladesh in February 2008 to determine the etiology and risk factors for …

Real-time RT-PCR assays targeting sequences in the measles virus (MV) nucleoprotein (N),
fusion (F), and hemagglutinin (H) genes were developed for the detection of MV RNA in …

A new human coronavirus (CoV), subsequently named Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV,
was first reported in Saudi Arabia in September 2012. In response, we …