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The Conversation: What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?
- Health authorities in West Bengal said there is 1 confirmed Nipah virus case in January 2026, with no proven treatment or vaccine available.
- As a zoonotic virus, Nipah is carried by fruit bats and infects animals and humans via three routes: bat exposure, contact with pigs, and contaminated date palm products.
- WHO data show Nipah's case fatality ranges from 40 to 75 percent, with encephalitis and neurological symptoms causing high death rates and possible relapsed encephalitis years later.
- The NICD has updated laboratory resources and will train the Civil Aviation Authority after contact tracing nearly 200 people, all testing negative.
- The Global Virus Network and researchers, including the Institute of Advanced Virology in Kerala, monitor the West Bengal outbreak as m102.4 and other experimental therapies remain unavailable.
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Health authorities across Asia are working to contain a serious outbreak of the Nipah virus that has led to the quarantine of thousands of people and the World Health Organization (WHO) alert.Read more
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