摘要 : The Nipah virus escaped obscurity as a nameless animal virus and assured itself a place in the annals of history by killing 105 pig farmers and toppling a billion dollar swine industry in Malaysia in less than 10 months. This hith... 展开 The Nipah virus escaped obscurity as a nameless animal virus and assured itself a place in the annals of history by killing 105 pig farmers and toppling a billion dollar swine industry in Malaysia in less than 10 months. This hitherto unheard of paramyxo-virus caused pandemonium in its wake and left behind a trail of destruction that is still being felt. The story of the Nipah virus shows just how vulnerable humans are to emerging zoonoses. 收起