
Nipah virus outbreak leads to ten deaths in India
An estimated 10 individuals are thought to have died as a result of fever from Nipah virus infection in Kerala state, India.
An estimated 10 individuals are thought to have died as a result of fever from Nipah virus infection in Kerala state, India.
In this forward-looking perspective piece, the author examines the emerging virus, Nipah and options for its prevention and treatment.
Editor, Martha Powell, takes a closer look at MERS, Nipah and Lassa; considering their impact on populations thus far and why medical countermeasures against them are so urgently required.