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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 far, according to local reports. ...
The recent reports of Nipah virus (NiV) infection resulting in a number of deaths have created panic and fear among the general public. The resource poor overpopulated countries like Bangladesh, India and Malaysia are hit by this virus infection a number of times in the past. The turmoil ...
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...
NEW DELHI, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A bat-infested well in a house in India's southern state of Kerala's Kozhikode district has been identified as the likely epicenter of the third outbreak of Nipah virus in this country since 2001, health officials said Wednesday. ...
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’s what you need to know about the Nipah virus outbreak....
This is the third outbreak of Nipah virus in India. Two other outbreaks were reported in 2001 and 2007 respectively, in eastern state of West Bengal that shares its border with Bangladesh, claiming 50 lives. Nipah virus is an emerging infectious disease that first broke out in a Malaysian vil...
Foodborne transmission of Nipah virus, Bangladesh Emerg Infect Dis, 12 (12) (2006), pp. 1888-1894, 10.3201/eid1212.060732 PMID: 17326940; PMCID: PMC3291367 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar 3 World Health Organization (17 February 2023). Disease Outbreak News; Nipah virus disease – Bangladesh. Avai...
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...
NEW DELHI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A 23-year-old man admitted in a private hospital in southern India state of Kerala was found tested positive for the deadly Nipah virus, officials said Tuesday. The case was detected in Ernakulam district, about 213 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capita...