Nipah virus fatality rate 75% pandemic expert: Taiwan is infected with high-risk areas-Life-Zhongshi News Network. February 2, 2021 12:16 by 6Park NewsDesk.Skiptocontent6ParkNewsEnMenu6ParkNewsEnMenuThenewcrownvirusisstillthreateningtheworld,andanothermightyNipahvirusmaybreakoutandbringaterribleepidemicdisastertotheworld.TheEuropeannon-profitorganizationpointedoutthattheNipahvirushasafatalityrateof75%,andthereiscurrentlynocureforit,whichmaycauseapandemicglobally.Inresponse,toxicologyexpertZhaoMingweistatedthatNipahvirusnotonlyspreadsfrompersontoperson,butalsospreadsfromfood.ItisclearintheliteraturethatTaiwanisalsoatahighriskofinfection.ZhaoMingweimentionedinhispersonalFacebookthatthedeathrateofNipahvirusisbetween40-75%,whichismuchhigherthanthe2-3%ofthenewcoronavirus.Moreover,NipahbelongstotheParamyxoviridaefamily,whichistensofthousandsofmilesawayfromtheorthocoronavirussubfamilyofCoronavirus.Nomatterthegenesorappearancearethesame,theyaresharedbetweenhumansandanimals.However,intermsoftransmission,Nipahvirusalsousesbatsasavector.Afterinfection,itcanalsocausesevererespiratorydiseases,butitcanalsocauseneurologicaldiseases.ZhaoMingweipointedoutthatNipahvirusfirstappearedinapigfarminMalaysiain1997.Atotalof7workersweresick.Atfirsttheyhadsymptomssimilartoamildflu.Itwaslaterconfirmedthatthediseasecausedvaryingdegreesoffever.,Headache,bodypain,andneurologicalsymptoms.Neurologicalsymptomsincludevomiting,asenseofdisorientation,includingasenseofdisorientation,drowsiness,confusion,andeasyfright.ItisverysimilartoJapaneseencephalitis.ZhaoMingweiexplainedthatNipahvirusisaround-likeviruswithadiameterofabout125to250nm.Thenucleocapsidiscoveredwitha10nmthickenvelope.TheenvelopehasneatlyarrangedhemagglutinationantigensandTheneuraminidaseantigenprotuberancesarehighlyspecifictotheneuraminidaseofnervecells.ItisnowonderthattheMRIimageswillshowthattheconfirmedcaseshavebraintissueclumps.ZhaoMingweisaidthatthemostdifficultaspectofNipahvirusisthatitnotonlyspreadsfrompersontoperson,butalsospreadsf