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A Pictogram of Nipah Virus Infection and Treatment

Arun HS Kumar1★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD-Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND.

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Arun HS Kumar

School of Veterinary Medicine, UCD-Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND.

arun.kumar@ucd.ie

Volume 4, Issue 1 · pp. i–i · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/bems.4.1.ed.1

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Nipah virus (NIV) belongs to Henipavirus genus in the family of paramaxoviridae, which are negative sense single stranded RNA virus.1 Nipah virus is naturally har- boured in fruit eating pteropid bats and is reported to cause neurological and respi- ratory disease in pigs, horses and humans. NIV infection is prevalent in the south Asian region. NIV infection is associated with high fatality rate, which is reported to be 40-75%. Below is a pictogram (Figure 1) of NIV infection, symptoms, pathology and currently known treatment options,2-4 which will be useful to patients as well as healthcare professionals.

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      Kumar, A. H. (). A Pictogram of Nipah Virus Infection and Treatment. Biology, Engineering, Medicine and Science Reports, 4(1), i–i. https://doi.org/10.5530/bems.4.1.ed.1