Date

Location

Human deaths/no cases

Reference

1998 Sept-1999 April

Malaysia, Singapore

105/265      (40%)

[20]

2001 Jan – Feb

India

67/92          (74%)

[29]

2001 April – May

Bangladesh

9/13            (69%)

[31]

2003 Jan

Bangladesh

8/12            (67%)

[31]

2004 Jan – Feb

Bangladesh

23/31          (74%)

[125]

2004 Feb - April

Bangladesh

27/36          (73%)

[35]

2005 Jan

Bangladesh

11/12          (92%)

[126,127]

2007 Feb - May

India

5/50            (10%)

[128]

2007 March - April

Bangladesh

5/8              (63%)   

[129]

2007 Jan – Feb

Bangladesh

3/7              (43%)

[129]

2008 Feb - March

Bangladesh

8/9              (89%)

[130]

2010 Jan

Bangladesh

3/3              (100%)     

[131]

2011 Jan

Bangladesh

4/5              (80%)

[132]

2011 Feb

Bangladesh

21 deaths    uncertain

[133]

Total excluding Malaysia

 

194/278        (70%)

 

Table 2: Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Singapore, September 1998 to May 2011.