Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging and serious viral zoonotic disease that carries with it a high case fatality rate (in the ballpark of 70% or more). NiV is an enveloped RNA virus and along with Hendra...

Outbreaks of the deadly Nipah virus has been recorded almost every year in selected districts of Bangladesh since 2001. Since the outbreak in Meherpur in April-May 2001, Bangladesh has seen 260 cases...