TY - JOUR T1 - NIpah virus vaccine AU - Friedrich MJ Y1 - 2012/09/19 N1 - 10.1001/2012.jama.11950 JO - JAMA SP - 1081 EP - 1081 VL - 308 IS - 11 N2 - The Nipah virus, which is carried by fruit bats—commonly called flying foxes—can be transmitted directly to humans. The virus targets the lungs and brain and has a high fatality rate. It first appeared in Malaysia in the 1990s, and since 2001, Nipah outbreaks have occurred in Bangladesh and India. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.11950 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11950 ER -