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A suspected Nipah virus case in Kerala has prompted heightened surveillance and contact tracing efforts. The government is ...
A 57-year-old man from Palakkad district in Kerala, who died on July 12, is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah ...
A 57-year-old man in Kerala's Palakkad district has died with a suspected Nipah virus infection, prompting increased ...
A detailed route map of the patient's recent movements has been prepared, along with a family tree to trace close contacts.
Fresh Nipah case in Palakkad district raises alarm, sparking fears of uncontained virus spread despite health authorities' ...
A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...
A drug that targets two parts of the deadly Nipah virus protects against infection in hamsters. And once an animal is ...
The Nipah virus is not related to COVID-19, but may have the same originating source — bats. The host of the virus is fruit bats, also known as flying foxes because of their large size.
Medical teams have been deployed in districts along the Kerala border and are on high alert to monitor and respond swiftly to ...
New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...
Nipah virus is suspecting of killing at least 10 people in southwestern India, including a nurse caring for patients, according to officials there. The little-known virus has never been seen in ...
Nipah virus (NiV) is zoonotic, which means it spreads to humans through animals. The first known outbreak happened in Malaysia and Singapore in 1999. Now, outbreaks are common in other parts of ...