HealthWHO, CEPI and PATH develop draft Nipah disease-severity score for outbreak and vaccine research
The standardized score is intended to support outbreak research, vaccine-efficacy studies and potentially clinical management after further validation.
THE INDIQA Research DeskPublished 30 Oct 2026Updated 31 Oct 20262 min read
The standardized score is intended to support outbreak research, vaccine-efficacy studies and potentially clinical management after further validation.
An initial draft Nipah disease-severity score was developed and still requires technical review, refinement and validation.
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