Nipah is a zoonotic infectious disease and fruit bats are the main reservoir of the NiV. Nipah can be transmitted through the excreta and droppings of the infected bats.

Yes, it can also be transmitted via infected person. The direct contact with the body fluids or respiratory droplets of infected individual can be a potential source of human-to-human transmission.

Majority of the infected individuals present with headache, fever, nausea, vomiting. However, these symptoms may be followed by neurological or respiratory manifestations and can led to the death.

No, there is no antiviral available against NiV. The supportive care consist of anticonvulsants is given to the patients.

Till date there is no approved vaccine against NiV.

"anti-Nipah" web server is complete computational dashboard for Nipah Virus. It contains a database with 313 (181 unique) for experimentally validated inhibitors. A QSAR based classification prediction method developed using support vector machin, and data visualization modules.

No, anti-Nipah is the first QSAR based prediction algorithm for Nipah virus.