Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Animal Production and Health Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA)
RAP publication no. 2002/01
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Chapter 1: The emergence of Nipah virus
Introduction
The emergence of Nipah virus in Malaysia
The economic and social impacts of the outbreak
The putative natural host
Chapter 2: Working safely with Nipah virus
Risk assessment in field investigations - general principles
Safety procedures on Nipah-infected or suspected farms
Safety procedures in the laboratory with Nipah-infected or suspected samples
Chapter 3: Reaching a presumptive diagnosis on-farm
The clinical disease in pigs
Other susceptible domestic species
Necropsy findings in pigs
The epidemiological pattern of the disease
Chapter 4: Confirmatory laboratory diagnosis
Serological tests
Histopathology
Immunohistochemistry
Virus isolation
Electron microscopy
PCR
Chapter 5: Control and eradication
Advance planning
The organization of the control operation
Movement controls on pigs
Mass culling of active disease farms
Financial assistance
A national testing and surveillance programme
A national abattoir monitoring and testing programme
Chapter 6: Managing pig industries for freedom from Nipah virus infection
Actions from the pig industry
Actions from governments
Managing the risk from the wildlife reservoir
Appendix 1: Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for working on suspected Nipah virus infected premises
Appendix 2: Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for performing necropsies and collecting serum samples on Nipah virus infected premises
Appendix 3: Checklist of equipment and supplies for Nipah virus field investigations
Appendix 4: A guide to sampling tissues for Nipah virus diagnosis: samples from natural and experimental cases in which Nipah virus has been identified
Appendix 5: Laboratories with PC4 facilities and Nipah virus research programmes
Appendix 6: Packing infectious substances - International Air Transport Association (IATA) packaging instruction 602
Appendix 7: Packing diagnostic specimens with a low probability of being infectious - International Air Transport Association (IATA) packaging instruction 650