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Nipah Virus Outbreak: Deadly and Dynamic Situation in India

Medical personnel wearing protective suits check patients at the Medical College hospital in Kozhikode on May 21, 2018. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

10 people in Kerala, a southern state in India, have been confirmed dead as a result of the deadly Nipah virus (NiV), said to have been spread by fruit bats. The Nipah virus was first identified in 1999 when pig farmers in Malaysia and Singapore fell extremely ill because of close contact with pigs that carried the… Continue reading Nipah Virus Outbreak: Deadly and Dynamic Situation in India