Vitaly Zverev, head of the department of microbiology, virology and immunology at Sechenov University and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Vzglyad newspaper that the dangerous Nipah virus, known since the late 1990s, was transmitted to humans from flying foxes and can cause fatal complications. However, according to him, the likelihood of its spread in Russia is extremely low: there are no natural carriers of the disease in the country, and climatic conditions are not suitable for the spread of the disease.
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