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Cramped living conditions and bad hygiene just makes it more likely for known pathogens to spread fast, and for new shit to jump from animals to humans.
Nipah usually jumps to humans either directly from flying foxes (when their corpses accidentally end up in some well, mostly), or through lifestock.
Just like Ebola Nipah is transmitted through bodily fluids. So if sewage makes it into the streets, or worse, drinkin water supply, it can quickly run out of control. Lack of proper isolation stations and protective equipment for medical workers also makes transmission during treatment more likely. Or if people try to take care of their ill family members at home.
All that just doesn't really happen in developed countries. We still have problems with some diseases jumping to our livestock, but due to proper monitoring, legislation and enforcement infected and at risk lifestock is usually quickly isolated and culled.
>still somehow manage to have over bigger population numbers than half of european countries
pic related. Even in developing countries infant mortality is way, way down compared to what it used to be before modern medicine.
