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Nipah: The Worst Disease Nobody's Heard Of
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What is the worst disease no one has ever heard of? Nipah! Ever heard of it? Join Andy and Brett as they discuss the Nipah virus, the inspiration for the 2011 blockbuster hit Contagion, bat urine, and date palm wine. All fun facts that are sure to make you a hit at your next Zoom cocktail hour.
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- https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/nipah/index.html
- Spiropoulou CF. Nipah Virus Outbreaks: Still Small but Extremely Lethal. J Infect Dis. 2019;219(12):1855-1857. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy611
- Singh, et al. (2019). Nipah virus: epidemiology, pathology, immunobiology and advances in diagnosis, vaccine designing and control strategies - a comprehensive review. The veterinary quarterly, 39(1), 26–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2019.1580827
- https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/219/12/1867/5144922
- https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/2018/05/nipah-virus
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-nipah-virus-n876476
- https://www.who.int/activities/prioritizing-diseases-for-research-and-development-in-emergency-contexts
- https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-virus
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1286457901015222
- https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1076_article
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830995/
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What is the worst disease no one has ever heard of? Nipah! Ever heard of it? Join Andy and Brett as they discuss the Nipah virus, the inspiration for the 2011 blockbuster hit Contagion, bat urine, and date palm wine. All fun facts that are sure to make you a hit at your next Zoom cocktail hour.
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Sources
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- https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/nipah/index.html
- Spiropoulou CF. Nipah Virus Outbreaks: Still Small but Extremely Lethal. J Infect Dis. 2019;219(12):1855-1857. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy611
- Singh, et al. (2019). Nipah virus: epidemiology, pathology, immunobiology and advances in diagnosis, vaccine designing and control strategies - a comprehensive review. The veterinary quarterly, 39(1), 26–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2019.1580827
- https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/219/12/1867/5144922
- https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/2018/05/nipah-virus
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-nipah-virus-n876476
- https://www.who.int/activities/prioritizing-diseases-for-research-and-development-in-emergency-contexts
- https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/nipah-virus
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1286457901015222
- https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1076_article
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830995/
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