Nipah virus is a high-risk pathogen (Risk Group 4) that causes zoonotic disease. The case fatality rate ranges from 40% to 75% and the type of infection could vary from asymptomatic to acute respiratory infection to fatal encephalitis. The incubation period ranges 4 to 14 days, but a 45-day incubation period was also reported. Fruit continue reading : INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTION, HANDLING, PROCESSING, PACKAGING AND TRANSPORT OF SPECIMENS FROM NIPAH SUSPECTED CASES
