Nipah Virus - An Emerging Life-threatening Diseases - A Review Article

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Capt Shashank Kumar Srivastav, Col Pankaj Dhar Gupta

Nipah Virus Infection (NiV) is an emerging infectious disease of public health importance in the South–East Asia Region. It is a zoonotic disease,

natural host being fruit bat and intermediate host as pigs. Presents with fever, signs of pneumonia, headache and other neurological symptoms.

Disease transmitted by eating fruits bitten by infected animals. Various diagnostic methods are incorporated to diagnosis the disease. Medical

treatment though ineffective but prognosis improves with timely management. Vaccine for the virus is still under development.