Nipah virus 尼巴病毒

Nipah virus
繁：尼巴病毒
简：尼帕病毒

印度近日有多人感染由果蝠等攜帶傳播、死亡率甚高的尼巴病毒（Nipah virus），當地衞生官員周二（22日）證實，南部有至少10名患者死亡，逾90人需要隔離檢疫，以免疫情進一步擴大。

印度爆致命尼巴病毒疫情　至少10死逾90人隔離（2018年5月22日）。東網，取自 http://hk.on.cc/int/bkn/cnt/news/20180522/bknint-20180522164010929-0522_17011_001.html

According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nipah virus was first isolated and identified in 1998-99 when Malaysian and Singaporean pig farmers and others in close contact with the animals suffered with encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and respiratory illnesses.

What is Nipah virus? Deadly brain-damaging virus spreads in India. (2018, May 25). KIRO Seattle. Retrieved from https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/what-is-nipah-virus-deadly-braindamaging-virus-spreads-in-india/756699957