Bangladeshi researchers have uncovered an emerging bat-borne virus in archived throat swabs and viral cultures from five ...

Nipah is a zoonotic henipavirus with a human fatality rate between 40 and 75 per cent, known to cause severe neurological ...

An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including Thailand, ...

Two cases of deadly Nipah virus reported in India, prompt increase in airport screenings to prevent spread and virus outbreak ...

A major UK clinical trial has shown that adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to standard antiviral treatment for encephalitis (brain inflammation), caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) does not ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis, caused by HSV types 1 and 2, is the most common sporadic viral encephalitis worldwide, with an annual incidence of around 2·2–4·6 per million people.1 Before ...

Nipah virus does not just infect the body, it disrupts immune defences at multiple levels, suppressing early antiviral responses and triggering harmful inflammation.

In Malaysia, NiV causes a highly dangerous infection carried by bats, which can also infect pigs and humans through close ...

Nipah virus' first outbreak happened in a village called Sungai Nipah located on the Malaysian peninsula. To know why around ...

RT-PCR detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA in cerebrospinal fluid identified more severe disease and higher mortality, especially in immunosuppressed patients, supporting diagnostic use ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology and University of Sydney, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide ...