Nipah virus (NiV) infection constitutes a medical and public health emergency that demands early recognition, immediate isolation, and strict adherence to infection prevention protocols. Clinicians should suspect Nipah virus in any patient presenting with acute febrile illness accompanied by headache, vomiting, altered sensorium, seizures, or respiratory distress particularly in regions with recent outbreaks or epidemiological linkage. On clinical suspicion, prompt isolation of the patient and implementation of standard, contact, and droplet precautions are mandatory to limit nosocomial transmission, which has been well documented in Indian outbreaks As no specific antiviral therapy has proven efficacy against Nipah virus, management remains predominantly supportive and intensive.
Patients should be managed in high-dependency or intensive care settings with continuous monitoring. Key…
