India experienced its sixth Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in September 2023 in the Kozhikode district of Kerala state. The NiV is primarily transmitted by spillover events from infected bats followed by human‐to‐human transmission. The clinical specimens were screened using real‐time RT‐PCR, and...
Learn about Nipah virus infection (NiV), a zoonotic disease that pigs and fruit bats can transmit to humans. Nipah virus infection symptoms include vomiting, muscle aches, fever, headache, atypical pneumonia, and encephalitis. Read about treatment, compl
Since the turn of the century, outbreaks have been primarily reported in southeast Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and Australia. But the most recent outbreak is in Kerala, India. Two people have already died because of Nipah virus infection,reportsMathrubhumi. How do bats spread the Nipah virus to h...
NEW DELHI, June 4 (KUNA) -- Indian health authorities said on Tuesday that the deadly Nipah virus has reared its head again in the south Indian state of Kerala. Deadly Nipah virus returns to India's Kerala UAE-based Malayalis have expressed concern for their loved ones back home, as a...
Nipah virus infection in Kozhikode, Kerala, South India, in 2018: Epidemiology of an outbreak of an emerging disease Authors: B. THOMAS, P CHANDRAN, M. P. Lilabi … Prevalence, types, and associated factors of liver lesions in slaughtered sheep and goats at the Suame Abattoir, Kumasi, Gha...
Fig. 1.Representative map of Kerala (India) showing Nipah outbreak sites and genomic organization of Nipah virus and Zika virus. It is responsible for encephalitis andmyocarditisinvolving the brain and heart respectively. Sometimes patients may experience drowsiness and mental confusion, progressing to ...
NEW DELHI, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A 23-year-old man admitted in a private hospital in southern India state of Kerala was found tested positive for the deadly Nipah virus, officials said Tuesday. The case was detected in Ernakulam district, about 213 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capita...
The Nipah virus (NiV) infection is one of the newly emerging deadly zoonotic diseases which carries a significant weightage of mortality among its victims. Due to the relatively recent history of its emergence and only a few known outbreaks, we cannot predict but foresee its potential to create...
What is Nipah virus?The Nipah virus was first discovered following an outbreak that caused more than 100 deaths. India's southern state of Kerala is currently facing an outbreak of the rare, but potentially serious Nipah virus with at least two deaths so far, according to local reports. ...
Paramedics bury the body of Valachekutti Mosa, who died of the Nipah virus, in Kozhikode, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, May 24, 2018.K.Shijith/AP "This kind of exposure might allow the virus to mutate, which might cause a pandemic," Duong told the BBC'sFutureprogram, adding...