It’s not a new virus. Following the discovery of the virus during an outbreak of severe encephalitis in Nipah, Malaysia, cases of the Nipah virus were first documented in humans in 1998 ...

The Nipah virus is a deadly virus that can cause encephalitis, a brain infection. The symptoms of Nipah virus infection can vary from mild to severe, and they can include From subclinical ...

Nipah virus partly inspired Steven Soderbergh ... illness like coughing that can rapidly worsen to brain swelling (encephalitis) and seizures that lead to a coma within a day or two.

“People have forgotten what life is all about,” Robert De Niro’s character says in the film Awakenings after being revived ...

A 12 year-old boy in Kozhikode district succumbed to Nipah virus on September 7. The boy had symptoms of encephalitis (swollen brain) and myocarditis (inflammation of heart muscles). His samples ...

In severe cases, a Nipah infection can result in foetal encephalitis - a serious condition that affects the brain. The mortality rate among those who contract the virus is high as there is no ...

When Nipah virus infects people, it can cause a range of illnesses in infected persons. These symptoms can range from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory difficulties and encephalitis that ...

may have a role in reducing mortality among patients with encephalitis caused by Nipah virus disease,” said Dr Deepak Verma Internal Medicine, Columbia Asia Hospital in Ghaziabad ...

Indian authorities have closed schools and offices in the southern State of Kerala in a move to stop the spread of the Nipah ... to encephalitis. One of the routes of transmission of the virus ...

Nipah is a rare virus transmitted from animals to humans ... to acute respiratory conditions and potentially lethal encephalitis. Symptoms can range from fever, headache, myalgia, vomiting ...

Gurley has worked in infectious disease research in Bangladesh for more than a decade and currently leads studies on Nipah virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, hepatitis E virus, dengue ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from some animals to humans Schools and offices have been shut in some parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala after five cases ...