New Nipah-like bat virus in Bangladesh is becoming more deadly, scientists warn - PRV infections are typically mild, but that ...

Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, ...

In a recent review published in the journal Virology, researchers examined the increasing diversity of human viruses, their epidemiological significance, and preventive strategies to mitigate emerging ...

Asian countries including Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan have tightened airport screening and health surveillance following ...

Scientists in Bangladesh discovered a new bat-borne virus called PRV in five patients who initially appeared to have Nipah ...

Someone can be infected by eating fruit or other food that is contaminated by the animals that carry the virus. The symptoms ...

HEALTH chiefs are scrambling to contain an outbreak of a ‘brain swelling’ bat-borne virus considered the ‘next pandemic’. At ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV), an emerging bat-borne orthoreovirus, in archived throat swab samples and virus cultures from five patients in Bangladesh ...

The Ministry of Health issued a safety brief to prevent the Nipah Virus infection. The notification comes after a few confirmed cases of the virus were identified in West Bengal.

Airports in Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan have tightened health surveillance and passenger screening following a Nipah virus ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic infection, meaning it can be transmitted from animals to humans. It can also spread through contaminated food and, in some cases, from person to person. The virus was first ...

Nipah virus is rare, deadly, and tightly monitored, but for travelers and the US public, awareness beats alarm.