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Nipah

Familiar Warning

Once again, a virus has arrived not with drama, but with quiet unease ~ a few infections, a hospital ward under watch, anxious contact tracing, and foreign airports tightening their gates.

Virulent Virus

The resurgence of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases in the 21st century (SARS, bird flu, MERS, Ebola, Zika, Nipah and COVID-19) has turned the spotlight on animals and insects and vectors of infectious diseases as epidemic villains. Rightly are they regarded as the incubators of the existential risk for humanity.