ConclusionNCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListEpidemiolInfectv.147;2019PMC6518547EpidemiolInfect.2019;147:e95.Publishedonline2019Feb22.doi: 10.1017/S0950268819000086PMCID:PMC6518547PMID:30869046Nipahvirusinfection:AreviewAditi1andM.Shariff2Aditi1DepartmentofMicrobiology,GuruTegBahadurHospital,Delhi,IndiaFindarticlesbyAditiM.Shariff2DepartmentofMicrobiology,VallabhbhaiPatelChestInstitute,Delhi,IndiaFindarticlesbyM.ShariffAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofMicrobiology,GuruTegBahadurHospital,Delhi,India2DepartmentofMicrobiology,VallabhbhaiPatelChestInstitute,Delhi,IndiaAuthorforcorrespondence:M.Shariff,E-mail:[email protected];Revised2018Nov20;Accepted2019Jan1.Copyright©CambridgeUniversityPress2019ThisisanOpenAccessarticle,distributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionlicence(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),whichpermitsunrestrictedre-use,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Nipahvirus(NiV)isanemergingbat-bornepathogen.Itwasfirstidentified20yearsagoinMalaysiaandhassincecausedoutbreaksinotherpartsofSouthandSoutheastAsia.Itcausessevereneurologicalandrespiratorydiseasewhichishighlylethal.Itishighlyinfectiousandspreadsinthecommunitythroughinfectedanimalsorotherinfectedpeople.Differentstrainsofthevirusshowdifferingclinicalandepidemiologicalfeatures.Rapiddiagnosisandimplementationofinfectioncontrolmeasuresareessentialtocontainoutbreaks.Anumberofserologicalandmoleculardiagnostictechniqueshavebeendevelopedfordiagnosisandsurveillance.Difficultiesindiagnosisandmanagementarisewhenanewareaisaffected.Thehighmortalityassociatedwithinfectionandthepossibilityofspreadtonewareashasunderscoredtheneedforeffectivemanagementandcontrol.However,noeffectivetreatmentorprophylaxisisreadilyavailable,thoughseveralapproachesshowpromise.Giventhecommonchain