Nipah virus - History, Symptom, Preventions

Nipah - Deadly virus

The biggest disease spreading in world, that is Nipah virus. This virus already killed more than 12 people in India in 2018. Initially Nipah virus spreads only from bats.

Nipah virus was first discovered in Malaysia in 1998. One day a pig shepherd in Malaysia went into the forest, one of the pigs is ate a bite of Nipha virus attacked fruit. And that fruit was bitten by a Nipah virus attacked bat. The virus then spread to him from the pig. Then this virus spread to his family members, and eventually all of them died. Then the Malaysian government controlled the spread of Nipah virus by isolating the virus attacked people bodies and pigs.

Then, in 2004, this virus also spread to the Bangladesh. Now in 2018, it has spread in India. No medicine has been found to destroy this virus, and there is no treatment to protect the affected patients. The fear is that even the doctor and nurse who have treated Nipah viruses affected patients also died.

Nipah Virus symptoms:

• Severe fever
• Terrible headache
• Trouble in breathing

Preventions:

• Don't eat partly consumed fruits
• Be careful about your kids
• Eat fruits only proper washing
• Keep personal hygiene 
• Keep away from animals

And the virus spreads from bat to the pig and pig to man. So some people says it will only spread to mammals.