Towards global health security: response to the May 2018 Nipah virus outbreak linked to Pteropus bats in Kerala, India

BMJ Glob Health. 2018 Nov 9;3(6):e001086. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001086. eCollection 2018.

¹ Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Kerala, Kerala, India.
² Manipal Centre for Virus Research, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University), Manipal, India.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, India Country Office, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Delhi, India.
⁶ National Institute of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, Pune, India.
⁷ Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India, Delhi, India.
⁸ Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁹ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India.

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Keywords: India; Nipah virus; global health security; response.