Nipah virus infection, a deadly emerging zoonotic disease in south east and south Asian region, has drawn tremendous attention after it’s yet another recent outbreak in India. It is categorized as zoonotic biosafety level 4 (BSL4) agent. The symptoms of clinical illness in an infected patient range from no symptoms or mild flu like symptoms to severe fatal encephalitis with or without multi organ failure carrying mortality. The NiV is a single stranded RNA virus, member of the genus Henipavirus, in the Paramyxoviridae family. The natural hosts are the fruit bats and domestic animals are the intermediate hosts. Although carrying a high mortality rate, there has been no specific approved treatment or vaccination against this virus. Treatment is mostly intensive support and symptomatic relief.
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