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Nipah Virus: An outbreak in India


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1 Internal Medicine, MMIMSR, Ambala, India
     

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Nipah Virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease of public health importance in South-East Asia with high fatality rate.(1) The outbreak of this infection has wreaked havoc in India recently, as it has killed virtually all of its victims in the country so far.
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Authors

Udit Narang
Internal Medicine, MMIMSR, Ambala, India
Nitin Gupta
Internal Medicine, MMIMSR, Ambala, India

Abstract


Nipah Virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease of public health importance in South-East Asia with high fatality rate.(1) The outbreak of this infection has wreaked havoc in India recently, as it has killed virtually all of its victims in the country so far.

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