Nipah virus - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBMay 30, 2018 · Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus (it is transmitted from animals to humans) and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis.
Nipah virus death puts health officials on alert in southern India - CNN
WEBJul 22, 2024 · Kochi, India — Authorities in southern India’s Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 people in the...
Nipah virus outbreak: what scientists know so far - Nature
WEBSep 20, 2023 · In the southern Indian state of Kerala, the bat-borne Nipah virus has infected six people — two of whom have died — since it emerged in late August. More than 700 people, including health-care...
NIH launches clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine
WEBJul 11, 2022 · The experimental mRNA-1215 Nipah virus vaccine will be tested in a dose-escalation clinical trial to evaluate its safety, tolerability, and ability to generate an immune response in 40 healthy adults ages 18 to 60 years.
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak …
WEBSep 14, 2023 · CNN — A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to...
First-in-human vaccine trial for deadly Nipah virus launched
WEBJan 11, 2024 · The University of Oxford has launched a new clinical trial to test a vaccine to protect people against deadly Nipah virus. This is the first-in-human trial of the ChAdOx1 Nipah B vaccine, being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute.
Scientists Launch First Human Vaccine Trials For Deadly Nipah Virus
WEBJan 11, 2024 · Nipah is a rare and potentially deadly virus first discovered some 25 years ago after an outbreak among pigs and pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore. It’s a zoonotic virus—meaning it can...
Another Nipah outbreak in India: What do we know about this virus ... - NPR
WEBSep 15, 2023 · Nipah virus, known to spread from bats to human, has broken out in the state of Kerala. Here's what we know about the current cases and the ongoing efforts to quash this potentially fatal...
Nipah virus infection - India - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBOct 3, 2023 · Situation at a glance. From the 12 to 15 September 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, reported six laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus cases, including two deaths, in Kozhikode district, Kerala.
Nipah virus is deadly — but smart policy changes can help quell ...
WEBOct 10, 2023 · Nipah, a deadly RNA virus that can spill over from bats to humans, has infected six people and killed two in the Indian state of Kerala since August. The virus can cause encephalitis —...