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Qamar Abbas, Abdur Rasheed, Syed Qasim Shah, Ashiq Hussain.

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Nipah virus (NiV) is the causative agent of Nipah viral disease, which belongs to the genus Henipavirus and is a zoonotic virus. This newly emerging Biosafety level-4 pathogen can cause fatal encephalitis and other respiratory infections. From its natural host (fruit bats), its ability to spread from animals to humans and then person to person and its high fatality rate make it a severe threat to global health. The Nipah virus has been associated with multiple outbreaks, it was named Nipah because the first case of NiV was reported in 1998 from Kampung Sungai Nipah Village of Malaysia. This article aimed to provide an overview of the transmission, epidemiology, symptoms, control strategies, advances in diagnostics and treatments from the recent investigations on NiV.

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