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A pool of bleached water and a boom gate separates the pigs in the farm from the outside world and avoids any infections coming in or out of the pig farm at a highly protected pig farm in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia on October 15th, 2016.
In September 1998, a virus among pig farmers (associated with a high mortality rate) was first reported in the state of Perak in Malaysia. Dr. Chua investigated and discovered the virus and it was later named, Nipah Virus. The outbreak in Malaysia was controlled through the culling of >1 million pigs.
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A pool of bleached water and a boom gate separates the pigs in the farm from the outside world and avoids any infections coming in or out of the pig farm at a highly protected pig farm in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia on October 15th, 2016. <br /> In September 1998, a virus among pig farmers (associated with a high mortality rate) was first reported in the state of Perak in Malaysia. Dr. Chua investigated and discovered the virus and it was later named, Nipah Virus. The outbreak in Malaysia was controlled through the culling of >1 million pigs.