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What is the deadly Nipah virus?

An unprecedented outbreak of a virus has killed 10 people, including a nurse, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is called Nipah, and it is a rare virus spread by fruit bats. Dr Sanjeev Singh from the Kochi School of Medicine has been treating some of those infected.

Picture: Indian residents wear face mask outside the Medical College hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.

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