A little-known virus that is one of the most deadly to infect humans could become the next Ebola, unless the world steps up efforts to halt its spread and develop effective vaccines and treatments.
The story started two decades ago with a few sick pigs in the village of Sungai Nipah in peninsular Malaysia, where local hog farmers were enjoying a boom in pork demand, fuelled by the region's growing prosperity. In September 1998, however, their animals began dying.
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