Bats and Viruses in India

Since many kinds of live animals are sold at wet markets, the Nipah virus, which has affected India, comes from ______

The bats do not show symptoms, but they shed the virus, which infects other ______

In 1998, bats transmitted the virus to ______ in Malaysia

The pigs, in turn, then transmitted the virus to ______

The outbreak that year resulted in 105 ______

Since then, there have been annual outbreaks in southeast ______

India has had periodic outbreaks of the virus since ______

The most recent outbreak was in Kerala in ______

The virus killed 17 ______ before the outbreak was over

Being able to control human interactions with animals can help prevent the spread of ______ diseases