The Nipah virus has been a cause of concern due to its high fatality rate and the ease with which it can spread. Originating in fruit bats, the virus has been linked to severe outbreaks in various ...

The virus can spread to humans through food contaminated by bat saliva or urine. India has had two reported outbreaks of Nipah virus, both the times in West Bengal, once in 2001 and then in 2007.

All Fruit Bats In India Are Reservoirs Of Nipah Virus' Dr. AS Anoop Kumar in an interview with the Indian Express stated that during 2018 outbreak, it was scientifically proven that Kozhikode bats ...

Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, are hosts for Nipah virus. Close contact with it or its body fluids carry high risk of transmission. If untreated, it can lead to disorientation ...

Nipah spreads mainly through fruit bats (known as flying foxes) but can also spread through other animals like goats, horses, dogs, or cats. When domestic animals consume bat-contaminated food, the ...

Fruit bats transmit the virus to other animals like pigs, dogs, cats, horses, goats and sheep. Humans get infected due to direct contact with animals infected by Nipah virus or by consuming any ...

Among its first disease targets is Nipah, a virus carried primarily by certain types of fruit bats and pigs, which can also be transmitted directly from person to person as well as through ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic infection, which means these infections are transmitted from animals to humans or vice versa. The transmitter of the disease can be a pig, a fruit bat, dogs, goats ...