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Case Reports
. 1998 Apr-Jun;4(2):273-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid0402.980215.

Probable human infection with a newly described virus in the family Paramyxoviridae. The NSW Expert Group

K Chant  1 , R Chan, M Smith, D E Dwyer, P Kirkland
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Probable human infection with a newly described virus in the family Paramyxoviridae. The NSW Expert Group

K Chant et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

After an apparently new virus in the family Paramyxoviridae was isolated from pigs in August 1997, an investigation was carried out to assess its risk for humans. More than 250 persons with potential exposure to infected pigs were tested serologically. Two piggery workers with intense occupational exposure had high convalescent-phase antibody titers to this new virus. In early June 1997, both workers had an influenzalike illness with rash; serologic testing showed no alternative cause. Strong evidence indicates that the two men became ill from this new virus, but the mode of transmission from pigs to humans remains unknown.

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