该病于1998年在马来西亚爆发,由马来亚大学医学院的研究人员首次发现。马来西亚大多数确诊患者在马来亚大学医学中心接受了诊治。尼帕病毒于1999年被分离出并得到确认。[2][12]该病得名于马来西亚双溪立百新村(馬來語:Kampung Sungai Nipah)。由于猪也可能受到感染,马来西亚当局在1999年扑杀了数百万只猪,以阻止疾病的传播,这一措施被证明是有效的。
Sharma, V; Kaushik, S; Kumar, R; Yadav, JP; Kaushik, S. Emerging trends of Nipah virus: A review.. Reviews in Medical Virology. January 2019, 29 (1): e2010. PMID 30251294. doi:10.1002/rmv.2010.
Sharma, V; Kaushik, S; Kumar, R; Yadav, JP; Kaushik, S. Emerging trends of Nipah virus: A review.. Reviews in Medical Virology. January 2019, 29 (1): e2010. PMID 30251294. doi:10.1002/rmv.2010.
Sharma, V; Kaushik, S; Kumar, R; Yadav, JP; Kaushik, S. Emerging trends of Nipah virus: A review.. Reviews in Medical Virology. January 2019, 29 (1): e2010. PMID 30251294. doi:10.1002/rmv.2010.
Lessons from the Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia(PDF). The Malaysian Journal of Pathology (Department of Pathology, University of Malaya and National Public Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia). 2007, 29 (2). (原始内容(PDF)存档于30 August 2019).
Lessons from the Nipah virus outbreak in Malaysia(PDF). The Malaysian Journal of Pathology (Department of Pathology, University of Malaya and National Public Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia). 2007, 29 (2). (原始内容(PDF)存档于30 August 2019).