On top of this, it has a high fatality rate of 40-75 percent.
While the disease primarily spreads through bats, it can also spread through pigs and other animals such as goats, horses, dogs, or cats, according to the World Health Organization.Once the disease has spread to humans, it can be transmitted person to person.
These facts likely tie into the seriousness with which Nepal, Taiwan and Thailand are responding to the virus.
Thailand has stepped up their preventative measures at major airports, according to reports, screening some 1,700 travelers.
Thankfully, no infections have been found so far.
The screenings were focused on passengers traveling from West Bengal and the nation is aware that many of these travelers enter the country through the Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, and Phuket airports.
