Only Nipah virus antibodies are detected in bats’ bodies. Though the state health department succeeded in preventing the ...

But in bats, this process unfolds differently. Despite carrying several viruses—Marburg, Ebola, Nipah, among others—bats rarely get sick from these infections. It seems their immune systems ...

The Nipah virus has been detected in bat samples collected from Pandikkad in Kerala's Malappuram district, following the death of a 14-year-old boy from the infection. Health Minister Veena George ...

Read on to know more about the virus and its symptoms. The ICMR-NIV has found evidence of the Nipah virus circulation among fruit bats across nine states and one Union Territory. Kerala had ...

Periodical outbreaks of Nipah virus has been noted in eastern India also. The bat species called as Pteropus have been identified as the natural reservoirs for Nipah virus. These species of bats ...

Fruit bats, particularly Pteropus species, are known reservoirs for the Nipah virus, but the exact transmission mechanism to humans is still not well understood. A study by the Indian Council of ...

Unfortunately, bats are also known reservoirs (natural hosts) for more than 20,000 viral species (33 families), some of which cause zoonotic diseases, including rabies, Nipah, Hendra, Ebola ...

Of the two deaths due to Nipah, the first person who died on August 30 was found to be the index case, or patient zero, from whom others caught the infection. The outbreak of the virus this year ...

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 ...

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.

Additionally, she advised against consuming fruits that have been bitten by birds and drinking honey from banana peels, both of which could be contaminated by bats. The Nipah virus outbreak this ...