Rizwan Ahamad

Nipah Virus at the Human-Animal Interface: A Persistent Global Health Threat

Iyman Binti Fayaz, Mohammad Mateen Zehgeer, Syed Akram Hussain, Mudasir Ali Rather, Rizwan Ahamad, Harsham Najmaana, Shabu Shoukat & Qazi Shehriyar Sahib · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2026

Nipah virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease transmitted to humans via infected animals (such as bats), or food contaminated with saliva, urine, and excreta of infected animals. According to the WHO R&D Blueprint for Epidemics, Henipavirus nipahense (also known...