Word: nipah
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...Number of deaths in Bangladesh since Jan. 4 attributed to the incurable, sars-like Nipah virus. Fruit bats serve as host for the virus...
...Amid the gloom and uncertainty, there has been some hope. WHO scientists say they are increasingly confident that SARS is one of a family of microbes known as paramyxo-viruses, which includes the pathogens responsible for measles, mumps and the Nipah virus, which killed 105 people in Malaysia four years ago. On March 21, WHO announced that intensive efforts among 11 laboratories had produced the first potential diagnostic test for SARS, which up until now could be identified only by its symptoms. "This is not just some light at the end of the tunnel," says WHO virologist Dr. Klaus St?hr...
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