Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, are the natural hosts for Nipah. Nipah is in the same group of viruses as a number of ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus that can be transmitted to humans from animals, with fruit bats being the natural hosts according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Because of its ...

Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, are hosts for Nipah virus. Close contact with it or its body fluids carry high risk of transmission. If untreated, it can lead to disorientation ...

Kerala state is said to be one of the most at-risk places globally for the Nipah virus Health authorities in India's Kerala state have issued an alert after a 14-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus.

The Nipah virus infection is a "zoonotic illness" transmitted from animals like pigs and fruit bats to humans, according to the World Health Organization. It can also be transmitted through ...

In India, experts have fanned out in southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have ...

The ICMR-NIV has found evidence of the Nipah virus circulation among fruit bats across nine states and one Union Territory. While West Nile Virus and malaria are both vector-borne illnesses ...

Fruit bats transmit the virus to other animals like pigs, dogs, cats, horses, goats and sheep. Humans get infected due to direct contact with animals infected by Nipah virus or by consuming any ...

Nipah is one of the pathogens that Moderna has ... The virus – usually contracted through contact with fruit bats – first cause a documented outbreak in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998, with ...