NIPAH VIRUS was isolated at National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune from the samples of initial 3 patients died at Kozhikode at Kerala. Till today it has killed 16 persons and one nursing sister as it liked almost 65 people in my home city Siliguri including staffs of a nursing home and a cardiologist doctor doing an echo on an infected person. Although airborne transmission is not seen in this virus contact by persons or fomites transmit it. Nipah and Hendra viruses are two related zoonotic pathogens that have emerged in the Asia-Pacific region.
Both are RNA viruses that belong to the Paramyxoviridae family. The viruses jump the primary species barrier from fruit bat and infect a secondary animal host (e.g., pigs or horses) and transmit infections to humans. It infects both animals and humans and usually causes high mortality. The natural hosts for the Nipah virus are the fruit bats…
