About Nipah Virus | Nipah Virus | CDC - Centers for Disease …
Feb 23, 2024 · Nipah virus is carried by fruit bats (genus Pteropus), also known as flying foxes. In 1999, Nipah was first discovered following an outbreak in pigs and people in Malaysia and Singapore. Three hundred people got sick and more than one hundred of those people died.
Nipah virus (NiV) - CDC Stacks
Nipah virus (NiV) is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus. NiV was initially isolated and identified in 1999 during an outbreak of encephalitis and respiratory illness among pig farmers and people with close contact with pigs in Malaysia and Singapore.
Nipah Virus Transmission from Bats to Humans Associated with …
Mar 16, 2016 · Nipah virus (NiV) is a bat-borne emerging infection, and Pteropus spp. bats are the wildlife reservoir . NiV was discovered in an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998 that affected 283 persons and caused 109 deaths (case-fatality rate 39%) .
Nipah Virus Sequences from Humans and Bats during Nipah …
Apr 18, 2019 · We retrieved Nipah virus (NiV) sequences from 4 human and 3 fruit bat (Pteropus medius) samples from a 2018 outbreak in Kerala, India.
Nipah virus: Facts for Clinicians | Nipah Virus | CDC
Mar 25, 2024 · Infection with Nipah virus can cause mild to severe disease, including encephalitis and potentially death. People with Nipah are usually sick for 3-14 days with fever, headache, cough, sore throat, and difficulty breathing.
Nipah Virus-associated Encephalitis Outbreak, Siliguri, India
Feb 2, 2012 · Because Siliguri is in close proximity to Bangladesh, where outbreaks of Nipah virus (NiV) infection were recently described, clinical material obtained during the Siliguri outbreak was retrospectively analyzed for evidence of NiV infection.
High Pathogenicity of Nipah Virus from Pteropus lylei Fruit Bats ...
Dec 18, 2019 · We conducted an in-depth characterization of the Nipah virus (NiV) isolate previously obtained from a Pteropus lylei bat in Cambodia in 2003 (CSUR381). We performed full-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analyses and confirmed CSUR381 is part of the NiV-Malaysia genotype.
Outbreak of Henipavirus Infection, Philippines, 2014
Jan 21, 2015 · Clinical presentations, epidemiologic findings, and serologic results suggest that the virus causing this outbreak was a henipavirus. It was most likely NiV or a virus that is antigenically and genetically closely related to NiV.
Exposure-Based Screening for Nipah Virus Encephalitis, Bangladesh
Jan 21, 2015 · We measured the performance of exposure screening questions to identify Nipah virus encephalitis in hospitalized encephalitis patients during the 2012–13 Nipah virus season in Bangladesh.
Isolation and Full-Genome Characterization of Nipah Viruses from …
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging zoonotic virus carried by bats. It is considered a global health priority by the World Health Organization and has pandemic potential because of its zoonotic nature, human-to-human transmissibility, wide geographic distribution of bat reservoir species, high case-fatality rate in humans, and lack of available ...