Prioritizing surveillance of Nipah virus in India.

• Main Authors: Raina K Plowright (Author), Daniel J Becker (Author), Daniel E Crowley (Author), Alex D Washburne (Author), Tao Huang (Author), P O Nameer (Author), Emily S Gurley (Author), Barbara A Han (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The 2018 outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala, India, highlights the need for global surveillance of henipaviruses in bats, which are the reservoir hosts for this and other viruses. Nipah virus, an emerging paramyxovirus in the genus Henipavirus, causes severe disease and stuttering chains of transmiss...