Nipah virus
Species of virus
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Nipah virus (Henipavirus nipahense) is a bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very high case fatality rate (40–75%). Numerous disease outbreaks caused by Nipah virus have occurred in India, Malaysia and Singapore. Nipah virus belongs to the genus Henipavirus along with the Hendra virus, which has also caused disease outbreaks.
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🇬🇧 One person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh, WHO says
<p>The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identified in neighbouring India</p><p>The ...
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