Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What you need to know about Nipah virus

A mysterious illness causing fevers and headaches and leading to rapid development of acute encephalitis (within a couple of weeks of symptom onset), caused an outbreak of nearly 300 reported cases and over 100 fatalities ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Human vaccine to be developed for deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses

Antibody therapy developed at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as a treatment against the Nipah and Hendra viruses has led to an agreement announced today between USU, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Lack of knowledge on animal disease leaves humans at risk

Researchers from the University of Sydney have painted the most detailed picture to date of major infectious diseases shared between wildlife and livestock, and found a huge gap in knowledge about diseases which could spread ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers one step closer to countering deadly Nipah virus

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and three groups within the National Institutes of Health reports a new ...

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