NIPAH VIRUS ( According to WHO )
Nipah virus infection is an emerging infectious disease of Public Health importance in the south east asia region. The virus is named after the Malaysian village where it was first discovered in 1998, there is evidence of nipah infection among several species of domestic animals including dogs, cats, goats and horse. Sheep may also be affected however since the initial outbreak it has primarily affected humans in different part of the world. The organism which causes nipah virus encephalitis is an RNA virus of the family paramyxoviridae, genus henipavirus and is closely related to hendravirus. Hendravirus formerly known as equine morbillivirus pneumonia or acute equine respiratory syndrome, is an acute viral respiratory infection of horses and humans that has been reported in Australia. Nipah virus infection also known as Nema virus insaf elitis was first isolated and described in 1999 The mode of transmission Infected bats sh...