Trying to crack the Nipah code: How does this deadly virus spill from bats to humans?

January 31, 2023
A field researcher holds a male bat that was trapped in an overhead net as part of an effort to find out how the animals pass Nipah virus to humans. The animal will be tested for the virus, examined and ultimately released.

Nipah virus, which can rapidly infect and kill members of a community, is carried by bats. Exactly how does it cross over into humans? Researchers in Bangladesh are trying to find out.

(Image credit: Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR)



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