Nipah virus, found in fruit bats, kills 10. Its flu-like symptoms often leads to death

The Nipah virus has a mortality rate between 40-70% and fatality has been as high as 100% in some outbreaks, according to the World Health Organization. Recent deaths linked to Nipah have been primarily in Kerala and Kozhikode.A nurse, Lini Puthussery, who likely contracted the deadly virus caring for an infected patient was the latest fatality, dying Monday, The Times of India reports. Puthussery, 28, left behind two sons, ages five and two, BBC reports. More than 40 people have been quarantined because of potential contamination and health authorities across the region are on high alert, setting up medical camps and a control room, BBC reports.