The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, India. This zoonotic pathogen, originating in fruit bats a ...

Nipah (NiV) and Hendra (HeV) viruses, two closely related members of the Henipavirus genus, continue to raise global concern due to their high mortality rates and potential for zoonotic spillover.

Nipah virus, first identified in 1998, remains a deadly threat due to bat reservoirs, human practices, high fatality rates, ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health concerns. Bats' unique im ...

Scientists in China's Yunnan province have discovered 20 new viruses in bats, including two closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses. Th ...

Researchers discovered 20 new viruses and two henipaviruses closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra strains in Yunnan bats. The viruses, found in bat kidneys, raise concerns about potential human ...

Researchers have found 20 previously unknown viruses in bat kidneys from China’s Yunnan province. Two of these viruses bear a striking resemblance to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, both of which ...

Two previously unknown henipaviruses, called Yunnan bat henipavirus 1 and 2, were discovered. These have been held responsible for fatal outbreaks in the past.

UNDER THREAT ‘Urgent concerns’ as 20 NEW ‘brain-inflaming’ bat viruses discovered in China that risk ‘highly fatal’ spillover humans ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

Although Henipavirus 1 and 2 are related to Hendra and Nipah, there are key genetic differences in parts of the viruses that bind to and enter cells.