Experts warn that the swift virus - a deadly virus with the potential to become the next epidemic - could serve as a hostile target for terrorism that would endanger humanity • "Collected samples should be maintained and safe treatment ensured"
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International experts and the World Health Organization are following with concern the Nipah virus, which they call deadly and has the potential to become the next global epidemic - with about 75 percent mortality.
The virus causes swelling in the brain and death in severe agony, and now the fear is that terrorist elements may use it as a biological weapon in an urban area, as was done in the glandular eruption (also known as black death).
The American epidemiologist Emily Gorley, from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, said this in a conversation with Express.co.uk.
"It can be used as a biological weapon. There are ways to preserve it, such as investing in research infrastructure in places where the swift virus has spread, to ensure safe and secure care, and keeping the samples collected."
"The virus has not yet changed and has become a test like Corona," added Dr. John Clana and Dr. Shannon Whitmer, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Due to the high mortality rate and the ability to cause fear in the public, the fear and threat that the Nifa virus will be used as a biological weapon must be addressed, and ways found to treat it."
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The only treatment currently available against the virus is supportive care, as patients with severe corona virus are treated.
The origin of the nymph is in fruit bats in Southeast Asia, where growing dates and oil palms has led to the destruction of the bats' natural habitat and greater contact between human and bat populations.
The bats' excellent immune system allows them to be carriers of a variety of viruses without getting sick.
Last week, the World Health Organization took the first step in fighting a possible outbreak of the virus, which causes an incurable disease that kills two-thirds of patients.
According to Egon, this is one of the pathogens that endanger humanity.
In addition, it only passes through human contact and does not move in the air, and according to reports in Asia it may incubate in the human body before erupting for up to 45 days. =