TY - JOUR AU - Ching, Paola Katrina AU - de los Reyes, Vikki Carr AU - Sucaldito, Maria Nemia AU - Tayag, Enrique AU - Columna-Vingno, Alah Baby AU - Malbas, Fedelino AU - Bolo, Gilbert AU - Sejvar, James AU - Eagles, Debbie AU - Playford, Geoffrey AU - Dueger, Erica AU - Kaku, Yoshihiro AU - Morikawa, Shigeru AU - Kuroda, Makoto AU - Marsh, Glenn AU - McCullough, Sam AU - Foxwell, A. Ruth T1 - Outbreak of Henipavirus Infection, Philippines, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 328 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2014, henipavirus infection caused severe illness among humans and horses in southern Philippines; fatality rates among humans were high. Horse-to-human and human-to-human transmission occurred. The most likely source of horse infection was fruit bats. Ongoing surveillance is needed for rapid diagnosis, risk factor investigation, control measure implementation, and further virus characterization. KW - outbreak KW - henipavirus KW - emerging disease KW - viruses KW - The Philippines KW - Philippines DO - 10.3201/eid2102.141433 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-1433_article ER - End of Reference