Dear Editor, the Nipah
virus is an important emerging infectious disease that is still included in the
list of disease to be surveillance by WHO. The neurological involvement in
Nipah virus infection is an important clinical manifestation. This pathogenic
virus of this disease was firstly detected and reported by professor Bing from
Malaysia,a Southeast Asian country. Here, the authors would like to discuss thepresent situation of Nipah virus infection in Thailand, a Southeast Asiancountry next to Malaysia. At present, Nipah virus infection is still under the
closed surveillance from Thailand public health ministry. According to a recent
report on pathogen causing neurological infection, the Nipah virus is still not
observed as a cause of neurological infection in Thai patients with neuro
infections Nevertheless, there are some reports on the survey of prevalence of
Nipah virus in several animals, especially for bats, in Thailand.
According to
the survey in bats, the prevalence of Nipah virus contamination was seen in
6.29% of bats collected from several regions in Thailand. Of interest, although
bat is proved to be the carrier of several pathogenic virus such rabies, the
bat has never been the problem of zoonosis in Thailand. This might be due to
the fact that there is no blood sucking bat in Thailand and the local people
usually live far from bats. At present, the Nipah virus is observable in animal
but not human in Thailand. The risk of human Nipah virus infection in Thailand
and nearby countries still needed the closed surveillance. (Read more)
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