September 19, 2023, 5:04 AM 1:04 What is Nipah virus?The Nipah virus was first discovered following an outbreak that caused more than 100 deaths. India's southern state of Kerala is currently facing an outbreak of the rare, but potentially serious Nipah virus with at least two deaths so...
What you need to know about Nipah virus in India ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton discusses the Nipah virus outbreak in India. September 21, 2023 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Empire State Building lit up in green in celebration of Earth Day ...
India experienced its sixth Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in September 2023 in the Kozhikode district of Kerala state. The NiV is primarily transmitted by spillover events from infected bats followed by human‐to‐human transmission. The clinical specimens were screened using real‐time RT‐PCR, and...
New Delhi— Authorities in India's southern Kerala state are racing to contain an outbreak of theNipah virus. The virus, which is not related to thecoronavirus behind the current global pandemicand is far more deadly, killed a 12-year-old boy in Kerala over the weekend, prompting stepped-up...
A new viral outbreak isspreadingin the state of Kerala, in southern India. It’s called the Nipah virus and its existence wasn’t even known about until 1999. Nipah is spread by pigs and bats, the latter of which are coming into closer contact with humans due to climate change. Here’...
World Health Organization (17 February 2023). Disease Outbreak News; Nipah virus disease – Bangladesh. Available at https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON442. Google Scholar 4 Nipah virus. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-viru...
The Nipah virus (NiV), a member of the Paramyxoviridae family, is notorious for its high fatality rate in humans. The RNA polymerase machinery of NiV, comprising the large protein L and the phosphoprotein P, is essential for viral replication. This study presents the 2.9-Å cryo-electron mi...
NEW DELHI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Nipah virus outbreak in India has risen to 12, with the death of two more persons in the southern state of Kerala in the past 48 hours. "One of the two died in intensive care at a hospital in Kozhikode district Thursday. The deceas...
Nipah virus (NiV), a member of the Henipavirus genus in the Paramyxoviridae family, is an enveloped, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. The first recorded cases of NiV occurred in 1998 during an outbreak of severe encephalitis in pig farmers from Malaysia and abattoir workers in Singap...
virus 1–5 (HPIV1-5), and NiV2. NiV, a highly pathogenic zoonotic agent, causes acute febrile encephalitis and severe respiratory syndrome in humans3,4,5. NiV outbreaks have been reported in Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Philippines and India, among which the most recent outbreak occurred...