Outbreaks

Fresh Virus Deaths in Malaysia, One Near Airport

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 19th, 1999

Malaysia, struggling with a viral epidemic that has killed 89 people, reported the first death from a pig-breeding area near the capital's airport as authorities reassured tourists the country was safe.

Officials said two more people had died in a pig-breeding region in the worst-hit central state of Negeri Sembilan, where 73 people, mostly working or living on pig farms, have died. They said a pig farmer from a village in Sepang district, bordering Negeri Sembilan and just several miles from the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Formula One racing circuit, died. Another two people were infected, bringing the number of viral encephalitis cases to 231 since...

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