Fruit Bats

17 of 19 people infected with Nipah caught virus from first victim: Kerala government report

A detailed study by the Kerala government in the recent outbreak of Nipah virus has suggested that 17 of the 19 infected people might have contracted the deadly virus from the first victim, 26-year-old Mohammed Sabith.

Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Kozhikode church to stop serving holy communion on tongues of faithful as precaution

The Syro-Malabar church of Thamarassery has temporarily suspended placing holy communion on the tongues of churchgoers due to the Nipah virus outbreak.

Nipah virus outbreak: Kerala to send fresh samples of fruit bats for testing to Bhopal

With the source of the Nipah virus outbreak that has caused 14 deaths in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts yet to be ascertained, a batch of fresh five samples from fruit bats will be sent on Wednesday to the Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, said officials.

Nipah outbreak in Kerala: Health professionals, scientists struggle to understand how virus reached Kozhikode

More attention needs to be given to the question as to how the Nipah virus outbreak happened in Kerala. This is an issue which baffles health experts.

Nipah virus kills 9 in Kerala: All you need to know about the rare and deadly NiV carried by fruit bats

According to World Health Organisation, Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis (a disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals) that causes severe disease in both animals and humans