The present outbreak of the Nipah virus infection in West Bengal, India, is the latest of a series of flare-ups of the frequently fatal,...
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The present outbreak of the Nipah virus infection in West Bengal, India, is the latest of a series of flare-ups of the frequently fatal, fruit-bat–spread zoonotic disease. Nipah (Henipavirus nipahense) typically causes febrile, flu-like symptoms. There is no specific treatment for the infection, nor is there a vaccine against the disease. “The first recognized human infection was in the Malaysian village of Kampung Sungai Nipah in 1998, initiating a deadly outbreak that lasted through 1999,” explained infectious disease physician Dr. Naomi Hauser and colleagues in a 2021 study of the disease. “Smaller sporadic outbreaks have since recurred nearly annually within South Asia with case fatality...
The present outbreak of the Nipah virus infection in West Bengal, India, is the latest of a series of flare-ups of the frequently fatal,...
Health authorities have renewed attention on the Nipah virus, a rare but deadly infectious disease that causes periodic outbreaks in parts of Asia,...
Health authorities have renewed attention on the Nipah virus, a rare but deadly infectious disease that causes periodic outbreaks in parts of Asia,...
An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday assured the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India is low. The organisation also said it...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday assured the risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India is low. The organisation also said it...
Airports in South-East Asia are on alert after an outbreak of the disease, which has a 40 to 70 per cent fatality rate.
Airports in South-East Asia are on alert after an outbreak of the disease, which has a 40 to 70 per cent fatality rate.
The World Health Organization said there is no available vaccine or licensed treatment for the Nipah virus disease and encouraged governments to...
The Nipah virus is not very contagious, an expert said, adding that direct human transmission is rare and no instances of the virus spreading through...