Nipah virus - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBNipah 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...
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.
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...
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...
Incurable Nipah brain virus kills teenager in India - NBC News
WEBJul 22, 2024 · 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 persons in the high-risk...
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.
Why There Are Fears That Nipah Virus Could One Day Cause A Deadly ... - NPR
WEBSep 12, 2021 · The Nipah virus is making news again after tragic reports that a 12-year-old boy died from the virus on Sept. 5 in Kerala's Kozhikode district. He had been admitted to a...
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.
What is the Nipah virus and how is it different from COVID, …
WEBSep 7, 2021 · An expert explains more about the Nipah virus and why it is deadlier than COVID-19 after a 12-year-old boy dies from the disease in India.
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