Nipah virus fact sheet - World Health Organization (WHO)
...WHO fact sheet on Nipah virus, including information on transmission, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and WHO's work in this area....
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-virus
Nipah virus infection - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals, and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly from person-to-person. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis....
https://www.who.int/health-topics/nipah-virus-infection
Nipah Virus Infection - India - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Between 17 May and 12 July 2025, the Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala informed through a series of official press releases about four confirmed cases, including two deaths, due to Nipah virus (NiV) infection in two districts of Kerala State. NiV infection is a bat-borne disease transmitted to humans through infected animals (such as bats or pigs), contaminated ......
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON577
Virus de Nipah - World Health Organization (WHO)
...El virus de Nipah es un virus zoonótico (transmitido de los animales al ser humano) emergente. En las personas infectadas tiene manifestaciones clínicas diversas, que van de la infección asintomática (subclínica) a la infección respiratoria aguda y la encefalitis letal. El virus de Nipah también puede causar enfermedades graves en animales como los cerdos, lo que resulta en pérdidas ......
https://www.who.int/es/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-virus
Nipah Virus Infection - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats (Indian flying fox)....
https://www.who.int/india/home/emergencies/nipah-virus-infection
Nipah virus infection - Bangladesh
...Outbreaks of Nipah virus (NiV) infection are seasonal in Bangladesh, with cases usually occurring annually between December and April corresponding with the harvesting and consumption of date palm sap. Since 1 January and as of 9 February 2024, two laboratory-confirmed cases of NiV have been reported from the Dhaka division of Bangladesh. Both cases have died. WHO assesses the overall risk at ......
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON508
Nipah virus infection - India - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Nipah virus infection in humans causes a range of clinical presentations including acute respiratory infection and fatal encephalitis. The case-fatality rates in outbreaks across Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, and Singapore typically range from 40% to 100%. As of now, there are no available effective therapies or vaccines for this disease....
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON490
Nipah virus infection - Bangladesh
...Nipah virus infection outbreaks are seasonal in Bangladesh, with cases usually occurring annually between December and May. Since the report of the first case in 2001, the number of yearly cases has ranged from zero to 67, though in the last five years, reported cases have been comparatively lower ranging from zero in 2016 to eight in 2019. However, since 4 January 2023 and as of 13 February ......
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON442
Nipah virus infection - Bangladesh
...Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans through infected animals (such as bats or pigs), or food contaminated with saliva, urine, and excreta of infected animals. It can also be transmitted directly from person to person through close contact with an infected person. Fruit bats or flying foxes (Pteropus species) are the natural hosts for the virus. The incubation ......
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2025-DON582
Nipah virus disease - India - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Nipah virus disease is an emerging zoonotic disease of public health importance in the WHO South East Asia and Western Pacific Regions, where Pteropus fruit bats, the natural host of the virus, are widespread. It was first identified during an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998, and all subsequent outbreaks have occurred in parts of Asia (India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore). Transmission can ......
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/nipah-virus-disease---india