Nipah virus

Nipah virus

aposhi Gosh and Ashok Kumar Ghosh lost their two kids - Aronno Kumar and Ananya - to the Nipah virus 10 years ago. Nipah virus, a zoonotic virus, can be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. Photo: TBS

As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence

 It spreads from fruits half eaten by bats or birds too, half of the country is vulnerable to the virus

A black flying fox (Pteropus) feeding on a palm tree in Queensland, Australia. Bats and palms can both carry Nipah virus to humans. (Andrew Mercer via Wikimedia Commons)

'Nipah virus in China with 75% fatality rate could be next pandemic'

Nipah virus poses epidemic threat

Nipah virus poses epidemic threat

Photo:TBS

Lack of awareness over Satkhira’s Nipah virus outbreak 

Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

IEDCR advises against drinking date juice

IEDCR advises against drinking date juice