Nipah virus

A spillover event occurs when a communicable disease agent crosses the species barrier from animals to humans.

Nipah was first identified about 25 years ago in Malaysia and has led to outbreaks in Bangladesh, India and Singapore.

All infected cases were males aged between nine to 45 years and were reported within the Kozhikode district of Kerala, the WHO said.

Here is what we know about the virus.

The southern Indian state of Kerala shut schools, offices and public transport on Wednesday to stop the spread of the deadly Nipah virus.

Authorities declared containment zones after it recorded two deaths from the rare and deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus.

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