Nipah virus at 20

This week I attended the Nipah Virus International Conference in Singapore, marking the discovery of the virus 20 years ago. It’s an opportune time to recall the events around the emergence of this deadly pathogen. An outbreak of respiratory disease and encephalitis in pigs during 1998 took place in Ipoh City of Perak state in […]
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