Nipah virus is an emerging pathogenic paramyxovirus responsible for sporadic and isolated outbreaks of severe respiratory and neurologic disease in Southern Asia. As a zoonotic virus, disease can ...

A zoonotic virus meaning that which is transmitted from animals to humans, Nipah virus can also be passed on from one human to another through direct contact or through contaminated food.

On a white background, three test tubes with the very widespread New Virus called the Nipah Virus are shown. Getty Images According to the CDC, this alarming discovery is now listed as an ...

Kerala state's health officials have issued an alarm following the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus. He is from the town of Pandikkad, and everyone who came into contact with him ...

Recent reports of Nipah virus (NIV) infections in Kerala state in India have attracted global attention. Since it was first reported in August (2023), there have been six cases, two of whom have ...

The Nipah virus outbreak that claimed more than 100 lives in several villages around Bukit Pelanduk here about 27 years ago remains a memory difficult to erase in the minds of local residents.

Researchers in the US have started a clinical trial of a vaccine against Nipah virus, a serious infection caught from animals that has a fatality rate of between 40% and 70%, developed by mRNA ...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has not recorded any animal samples that have tested positive for the Nipah virus, says Dr Zaliha Mustafa. The Health Minister said this is based on testing of wild and ...

Epidemics of this virus are rare, but Nipah was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with Ebola, Zika, and Covid-19 as one of the diseases to be investigated as a priority ...

A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah ...

The Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic disease that spreads between animals and people. Fruit bats are the host for the virus The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has developed ...

Kerala is once again on high alert due to a possible outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus. With the bat breeding season ...