Devnath P, Masud H M A A
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
New Microbes New Infect. 2021 May;41:100873. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100873. Epub 2021 Mar 19.
For centuries, zoonotic diseases have been responsible for various outbreaks resulting in the deaths of millions of people. The best example of this is the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Nipah virus is another deadly virus which has caused several outbreaks in the last few years. Though it causes a low number of infections, disease severity results in a higher death rate. In the context of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, we speculate that many countries will be unable to deal with the sudden onset of such a viral outbreak. Thus, further research and attention to the virus are needed to address future outbreaks.
几个世纪以来，人畜共患疾病一直是导致各种疫情爆发的原因，造成了数百万人死亡。当前的2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行就是最好的例子。与严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒一样，尼帕病毒是另一种致命病毒，在过去几年中引发了几次疫情。虽然它导致的感染数量较少，但疾病的严重性导致了更高的死亡率。在最近的COVID-19大流行背景下，我们推测许多国家将无法应对这种病毒爆发的突然发生。因此，需要对该病毒进行进一步研究并予以关注，以应对未来的疫情爆发。
