Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus harbored by fruit bats. It can be transmitted to pigs and humans, infect people through contaminated food, and can travel directly from person to person via droplets.

"Elucidating both the unique and shared characteristics of the Nipah virus polymerases in comparison to other viral polymerases, our study provides critical insights that have the potential to ...

One aspect that signals pandemic potential in a virus is having an RNA, rather than DNA, genome. That’s because the process of copying RNA typically doesn’t include a proofreader like DNA replication ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has ...

The advance, described Jan. 20 in Cell, brings scientists a step closer to developing much-needed medicines.Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus ...