Nipah/Hendra Virus -- Bangladesh
Lo MK, Feldmann F, Gary JM, et al. Remdesivir (GS-5734) protects African green monkeys from Nipah virus challenge. Science Translational Medicine 2019: 11; 494, eaau9242, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau9242
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Nipah virus is an emerging pathogen in the _Paramyxoviridae_ family. Upon transmission of Nipah virus from its natural reservoir, _Pteropus_ spp. fruit bats, to humans, it causes respiratory and neurological disease with a case fatality rate about 70%. Human-to-human
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