Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Nipah virus and the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine candidate? 1. Nipah virus belongs to the paramyxovirus family and is naturally hosted by fruit bats. 2. The ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine uses a non-replicating adenovirus vector, the same platform utilized for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

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Both 1 and 2 — Statement 1 is correct: Nipah is a zoonotic pathogen belonging to the paramyxovirus family, primarily spread by fruit bats. Statement 2 is correct: The ChAdOx1 platform uses a harmless, non-replicating chimpanzee adenovirus to deliver genetic instructions, an approach famously used during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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