PDF | On Jan 1, 2013, Giangaspero M published Nipah Virus | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.ArticlePDFAvailableNipahVirusJanuary2013TropicalMedicine&Surgery01(04)DOI:10.4172/2329-9088.1000129Authors:MassimoGiangasperoUniversitàdegliStudidiTeramoDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedCitations(9)References(69)Figures(1)FiguresDatepalmsapharvesters,knownasgachisinBangladesh.… Figures-uploadedbyMassimoGiangasperoAuthorcontentAllfigurecontentinthisareawasuploadedbyMassimoGiangasperoContentmaybesubjecttocopyright.Discovertheworld'sresearch20+millionmembers135+millionpublications700k+researchprojectsJoinforfreePublicFull-text1ContentuploadedbyMassimoGiangasperoAuthorcontentAllcontentinthisareawasuploadedbyMassimoGiangasperoonApr16,2015Contentmaybesubjecttocopyright.ResearchArticleOpenAccessGiangaspero,TropMedSurg2013,1:4http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-9088.1000129ReviewArticleOpenAccessTropicalMedicine&SurgeryVolume1•Issue4•1000129TropMedSurgISSN:2329-9088TPMS,anopenaccessjournalKeywords:Henipavirus;Nipahvirus;ParamyxoviridaeIntroductionMorethan60%ofthenewlyidentiedinfectiousagentsthathaveaectedpeopleoverthepastfewdecadeshavebeencausedbypathogensoriginatingfromanimalsoranimalproducts.Ofthesezoonoticinfections,70%originatefromwildlife.Batshavebeenrecognizedtobeimportantreservoirofzoonoticviruses,includingEbola,Marburg,SARSandMelakaviruses[1-4].Furthermore,batsmaybethesourceofthenewMiddleEastRespiratorySyndrome(MERS)coronavirusrecentlyreportedresponsibleoflethalcasesinhumansinMiddle-EastandEurope[5].Inthiscontext,NipahVirus(NiV)representsanothernewemergingzoonosis,oneofthemostimportantbat-bornepathogensdiscoveredinrecenthistory.In1998adangerousnewvirusemergedinMalaysia[6].InitiallythoughttobeaformofJapaneseEncephalitis,itwaslateridentiedasanewzoonoticdiseaseandnamedNipahaerthevillageof“SungaiNipah”whereitwasrstidentied[7].Similarly,a