National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The emergence of Nipah virus (NiV) were noticed in the last decade of the twentieth century. It has been observed that, it can infect a wide range of species and human-to-human transmission also occurs. The majority of bat species for which there is evidence of Nipah virus infection belong to the group known as the old world family of fruit and nectar feeding bats. An outbreak of fatal human encephalitis during 1998 and 1999 was attributed to a newly recognized paramyxovirus acquired from swine. Pigs, people who were predominantly pig farmers, dogs, and cats were infected. This article discuss about the overview of Nipah virus and its epidemiology.
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