Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has ...
Scientists have identified the Camp Hill virus, a henipavirus, in shrews in Alabama, marking its first detection in North ...
Experts are concerned about the potential for a new global pandemic after the never-seen-before Camp Hill virus was ...
"Elucidating both the unique and shared characteristics of the Nipah virus polymerases in comparison to other viral polymerases, our study provides critical insights that have the potential to ...
Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus harbored by fruit bats. It can be transmitted to pigs and humans, infect people through contaminated food, and can travel directly from person to person via droplets.
When Auburn researchers discovered a new henipavirus in a local shrew, they named it after the small Tallapoosa County town ...
The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...
Scientists may be able to develop a vaccine which offers lifelong protection against Nipah virus, one of the world’s deadliest known pathogens, new research suggests.
A review titled "Nipah virus: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention" is published in the journal Frontiers of Medicine. Emerging in South and Southeast Asia, NiV is known for its ...
The newly discovered virus was found in shrews in Alabama, and belongs to the same deadly family as the notorious Nipah and ...