Difference between revisions of "Nipah Virus"

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Revision as of 12:24, 30 July 2010

  • Infects pigs and humans
  • Humans exposed to pig blood are at risk
  • Causes porcine respiratory and neurologic syndrome in pigs
  • Zoonosis transmitted by fruit bats
  • Nipah virus is an emerging disease with the first outbreak in 1999 in Malaysia