Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus harbored by fruit bats. It can be transmitted to pigs and humans, infect people through contaminated food, and can travel directly from person to person via droplets.

The country is highly vulnerable to zoonotic diseases like avian flu, leptospirosis, and, notably, Nipah virus. Nipah virus (NiV), which emerged as a zoonotic threat over the past 25 years ...

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...

A new virus related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, scientists say there is currently "no evidence" that it has infected humans and the risk ...

Until now, the structure and function of the Nipah virus polymerase remained poorly understood, researchers said, cautioning that further research would be needed to fully understand how the ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has ...

Scientists may be able to develop a vaccine which offers lifelong protection against Nipah virus, one of the world’s deadliest known pathogens, new research suggests. Since the virus – which ...

Researchers profile the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells show how changes in the viral polymerase — a protein involved in viral ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland have identified the Camp Hill virus, a henipavirus related to Nipah, in shrews found in Alabama. This marks the first discovery of the virus in North ...