alleryStart learning →The 1999 Nipah outbreak in Malaysia began with pigs that contacted
AStray street dogs
BWild forest boars
CMigratory wild ducks
DFruit-eating flying foxes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Fruit-eating flying foxes
Pigs fell ill after contact with fruit-eating flying foxes and then passed the infection to humans.
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