MSJ775912_supplementary_figure_2 – Supplemental material for Pure spinal multiple sclerosis: A possible novel entity within the multiple sclerosis disease spectrum

<p>Supplemental material, MSJ775912_supplementary_figure_2 for Pure spinal multiple sclerosis: A possible novel entity within the multiple sclerosis disease spectrum by Jie Ping Schee and Shanthi Viswanathan in Multiple Sclerosis Journal</p

MSJ775912_supplementary_figure_5 – Supplemental material for Pure spinal multiple sclerosis: A possible novel entity within the multiple sclerosis disease spectrum

<p>Supplemental material, MSJ775912_supplementary_figure_5 for Pure spinal multiple sclerosis: A possible novel entity within the multiple sclerosis disease spectrum by Jie Ping Schee and Shanthi Viswanathan in Multiple Sclerosis Journal</p

MSJ775912_supplementary_figure_4 – Supplemental material for Pure spinal multiple sclerosis: A possible novel entity within the multiple sclerosis disease spectrum

<p>Supplemental material, MSJ775912_supplementary_figure_4 for Pure spinal multiple sclerosis: A possible novel entity within the multiple sclerosis disease spectrum by Jie Ping Schee and Shanthi Viswanathan in Multiple Sclerosis Journal</p

The Immunobiology of Nipah Virus

Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly lethal zoonotic paramyxovirus that emerged in Malaysia in 1998. It is a human pathogen capable of causing severe respiratory infection and encephalitis. The natural reservoir of NiV, Pteropus fruit bats, remains a continuous virus source for future outbreaks, although infection in the bats is largely asymptomatic. NiV provokes serious disease in various mammalian species. In the recent human NiV outbreaks in Bangladesh and India, both bats-to-human and human-to-human transmissions have been observed. NiV has been demonstrated to interfere with the innate immune response via interferon type I signaling, promoting viral dissemination and preventing antiviral response. Studies of humoral immunity in infected NiV patients and animal models have shown that NiV-specific antibodies were produced upon infection and were protective. Studies on cellular immunity response to NiV infection in human and animal models also found that the adaptive immune response, specifically CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, was stimulated upon NiV infection. The experimental vaccines and therapeutic strategies developed have provided insights into the immunological requirements for the development of successful medical countermeasures against NiV. This review summarizes the current understanding of NiV pathogenesis and innate and adaptive immune responses induced upon infection