A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, ...

He said the Hendra virus has a 70% fatality rate, and Nipah has "recorded fatality rates between 40 and 75 per cent in outbreaks in South-East Asia, including in Malaysia and Bangladesh." ...

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 ...

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 ...

The virus, which is related to the highly fatal Nipah and Hendra viruses, falls within one of the deadliest viral families known, sporting an alarming death rate of roughly 70%. The emergence of ...

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 ...

Another dangerous henipavirus is the Hendra virus, which was first detected in Brisbane, Australia and has a fatality rate of 70%, according to Parry. Another cited example is the Nipah virus ...

Researchers found first henipavirus strain in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals living in ...

More information: Limei Wang et al, Nipah virus: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention, Frontiers of Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s11684-024-1078-2 ...

The virus is called, Henipavirus and it belongs to the same family of Nipah virus. According to news reports, the virus has been detected in Alabama, North America by researchers at the University ...