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Karim Norain
Researcher at Ministry of Health (Malaysia)
Publications - 2
Citations - 565
Karim Norain is an academic researcher from Ministry of Health (Malaysia). The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Vasculitis. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 543 citations.
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Pathology and Pathogenesis of an Emerging Paramyxoviral Zoonosis
Kum Thong Wong,Wun-Ju Shieh,Shalini Kumar,Karim Norain,Wahidah Abdullah,Jeannette Guarner,Cynthia S. Goldsmith,Kaw Bing Chua,Sai Kit Lam,Chong Tin Tan,Khean Jin Goh,Heng Thay Chong,Rani Jusoh,Pierre E. Rollin,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Sherif R. Zaki,Kuala Lumpur +16 more
TL;DR: Clinical and autopsy findings were derived from a series of 32 fatal human cases of Nipah virus infection, and infection of endothelial cells and neurons as well as vasculitis and thrombosis seem to be critical to the pathogenesis of this new human disease.
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Nipah virus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging paramyxoviral zoonosis.
Kum Thong Wong,Wun-Ju Shieh,Shalini Kumar,Karim Norain,Wahidah Abdullah,Jeannette Guarner,Cynthia S. Goldsmith,Kaw Bing Chua,Sai Kit Lam,Chong Tin Tan,Khean Jin Goh,Heng Thay Chong,Rani Jusoh,Pierre E. Rollin,Thomas G. Ksiazek,Sherif R. Zaki +15 more
TL;DR: In 1998, an outbreak of acute encephalitis with high mortality rates among pig handlers in Malaysia led to the discovery of a novel paramyxovirus named Nipah virus as mentioned in this paper.