Animal to human transmission. The virus, also known as NiV, can spread to humans through “direct contact with infected animals such as bats or .......Doctorsandrelativeswearingprotectivegeardigagravetoburythebodyofavictim,wholosthisbattleagainstthebrain-damagingNipahvirus,inthesouthernIndianstateofKerala,India,May24,2018.(Reuters)Nipahvirus:HowisittransmittedandwhatarethesymptomsFollowFollowedUnfollowURLCopiedJoanneSerrieh,AlArabiyaEnglishPublished:31January,2021:06:37PMGSTUpdated:31January,2021:06:56PMGSTURLCopiedArecentreportbytheAccesstoMedicineFoundationwarnedthatanoutbreakoftheNipahvirusinChinacouldpotentiallybethenextbigpandemicrisk.ForallthelatestheadlinesfollowourGoogleNewschannelonlineorviatheapp.Nipahisaviruswithafatalityrateofupto75percent.Itcanbetransmittedtopeoplefromanimalsandthroughcontaminatedfoodandproduce,accordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO).Thedeadlyviruscanalsobetransmittedfromperson-to-person.AnimaltohumantransmissionThevirus,alsoknownasNiV,canspreadtohumansthrough“directcontactwithinfectedanimalssuchasbatsorpigs,ortheirbodyfluids,”includingblood,urineorsaliva,accordingtotheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC).Closecontactwithinfectedpigswastheprobablecauseofthefirstknownoutbreak,theCDCsaid.Thestrainidentifiedinthefirstoutbreakwasbelievedtohavespreadfrombatstopigswhichthenspreadwithinpigpopulations.“Peoplewhoworkedcloselywithinfectedpigsbeganfallingill,”theCDCsaid,addingthat“noperson-to-person[cases]werereportedinthatoutbreak.”AnimalHusbandrydepartmentandForestofficialsdepositabatintoacontaineraftercatchingitinsideawellatChangarothinKozhikode,Kerala,onMay21,2018.(AFP)Contaminatedfood,fruits,andvegetablesIffood,fruits,orvegetablesbecomecontaminatedbybodyfluidsofinfectedanimals,thiscanthencausethevirustobetransmittedtohumanswhoconsumethefood,accordingtotheCDC.The“consumptionofrawdatepalmsaporfruitthathasbeencontaminatedwithsalivaorurinefrominfectedbats,”wasoneexamplesharedbytheCDC.Humansclimbingtreeswhere“batsoftenroost”couldalsobeanot