True about Nipah virus are all except ?
Correct Answer: Causes hemorrhagic fever
Description: Ans. is 'b' i.e., Causes hemorrhagic fever Nipah virus is an emerging infectious agent belongs to paramyxoviridae. It was first isolated in Malaysia in 1998, causing encephalitis in domestic pigs, with direct transmission from pigs to human. There have been Nipah virus infection outbreaks in pigs in Malaysia and Singapore and human disease in Malaysia, Singapore, India and Bangladesh. Typically the human infection presents as an encephalitis syndrome marked by fever headache, drowsiness, disorientation, mental confusion, coma and death.
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