Weakness found in deadly Nipah virus
The deadly Nipah virus, which devastated Malaysian swine herds in 1999, uses a protein key to the development of embryos to get into the cells it infects, two teams of US scientists reported. They hope to use their findings to find a way to defend against the virus, which is not only dangerous to livestock but is considered a potential biological weapon. More than 100 people died and 1 million pigs were culled in 1999 because of an outbreak of Nipah, a never-before-seen virus eventually traced to fruit bats.
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