Nipah virus and the lessons of COVID-19: are we prepared for the next pandemic threat?
Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Ilyas Abdullahi khalif, Yusuf Abdullahi Hubow, Ahmed Mohamed Omar, Narura Omar Mohamed, Ayan Abdullahi Mohammed, Hibo hassan Mohamed, Nour Ahmed Dahir, Aniso Mohamed Abdi, Abas Nor Abdi, Yakub Burhan Abdullahi, Mohamed Sharif Abdi, Naima Ibrahim Ahmed, Yusuf Hared Abdi, Ahmed Abdinasir Abdulle · 2026
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Sharmake Gaiye Bashir leads a fifteen author review in 2026 asking whether the world is ready for Nipah virus, a high fatality infection carried by bats. Nipah has credible pandemic potential, and no licensed vaccine or specific antiviral exists against it. The authors measure today's readiness against the hard lessons of COVID-19.
That pandemic exposed weak surveillance, slow diagnostics, shaky governance, and unfair access to tools even in countries rated well prepared. Joint monitoring across people, animals, and the environment remains weak where spillovers begin. The review argues that COVID era gains in testing, sequencing, and vaccine platforms must be kept funded and shared fairly. Without that follow through, health systems stay exposed to a fast Nipah emergency or another unknown Disease X.
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| CREATOR | Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Ilyas Abdullahi khalif, Yusuf Abdullahi Hubow, Ahmed Mohamed Omar, Narura Omar Mohamed, Ayan Abdullahi Mohammed, Hibo hassan Mohamed, Nour Ahmed Dahir, Aniso Mohamed Abdi, Abas Nor Abdi, Yakub Burhan Abdullahi, Mohamed Sharif Abdi, Naima Ibrahim Ahmed, Yusuf Hared Abdi, Ahmed Abdinasir Abdulle |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46768 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |