Now, researchers used cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) to elucidate the structure of the Nipah virus polymerase complex (the ...

Nipah is a rare and potentially deadly virus that was first discovered in 1999 after an outbreak among pigs and pig farmers ...

Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus and no effective treatments for the ...

Further analysis revealed parts of the Nipah virus polymerase that may render the ... The virus, harbored by fruit bats, can be transmitted to pigs and to humans. It can also infect people through ...

Nipah virus (NiV), has shown itself to be an emerging zoonotic virus which may yet have severe human health implications. It has attracted attention due to its high fatality rates and growing ...

Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus and no effective treatments for the disease other than supportive care. The virus, harbored by fruit bats, can be ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical ...

Human study aims to find first-ever defence to mitigate risk of zoonotic pathogen The first in-humans clinical trial of a ...

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Fruit bats transmit the virus to other animals like pigs, dogs, cats, horses, goats and sheep. Humans get infected due to direct contact with animals infected by Nipah virus or by consuming any ...

“The discovery that memory B cells and antibodies specific to [Nipah] persist 20 years post-infection suggests that vaccines ...