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After 2 Deaths, A Desperate Effort In India To Stop Outbreak Of Nipah Virus
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread. (Mogul, 9/14)
Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which there is no vaccine, and which spreads through contact with the body fluids of infected bats, pigs or people, killing up to 75% of those infected. (Jain, 9/14)
Nipah Virus is defined as a zoonotic illness, transmitted from animals to humans, and can also be spread through contaminated food or direct person-to-person contact. Here is all you need to know about the disease. (9/13)
