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May 30, 2018 · Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus (it is transmitted from animals to humans) and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis.
Jul 30, 2018 · Nipah virus infection. Nipah virus infection is a zoonotic illness that is transmitted to people from animals, and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly from person-to-person. In infected people, it causes a range of illnesses from asymptomatic (subclinical) infection to acute respiratory illness and fatal encephalitis.
Oct 3, 2023 · From the 12 to 15 September 2023, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, reported six laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus cases, including two deaths, in Kozhikode district, Kerala. Aside from the first case, whose source of infection is unknown, the other cases were family and hospital contacts of the first case. As of 27 September 2023,1288 contacts of the confirmed cases were traced, including high-risk contacts and healthcare workers, who are under quarantine and ...
Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats (Indian flying fox). India has reported three NiV outbreaks in the past. The first two were in West Bengal: Siliguri in 2001 and Nadia in 2007. A third outbreak was reported in Kozhikode ...
Sep 24, 2021 · Nipah virus disease is an emerging zoonotic disease of public health importance in the WHO South East Asia and Western Pacific Regions, where Pteropus fruit bats, the natural host of the virus, are widespread. It was first identified during an outbreak in Malaysia in 1998, and all subsequent outbreaks have occurred in parts of Asia (India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore).
Jan 1, 2001 · Outbreaks of Nipah virus (NiV) infection are seasonal in Bangladesh, with cases usually occurring annually between December and April corresponding with the harvesting and consumption of date palm sap. Since 1 January and as of 9 February 2024, two laboratory-confirmed cases of NiV have been reported from the Dhaka division of Bangladesh. Both cases have died. WHO assesses the overall risk at the national levels to be moderate due to the severity of the disease, the limitation of treatment ...
Nipah virus infection outbreaks are seasonal in Bangladesh, with cases usually occurring annually between December and May. Since the report of the first case in 2001, the number of yearly cases has ranged from zero to 67, though in the last five years, reported cases have been comparatively lower ranging from zero in 2016 to eight in 2019. However, since 4 January 2023 and as of 13 February 2023, 11 cases (10 confirmed and one probable) including eight deaths (Case Fatality Rate (CFR) 73% ...
Oct 31, 2023 · The Regional publication “WHO South-east Asia Regional Strategy for the prevention and control of Nipah virus infection, 2023-2030 provides guidance for Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region to prevent severe illness and death from Nipah virus. Since 2001, Nipah virus has caused outbreaks of severe illness and death in Bangladesh and India. Countries of the Region are at risk wherever there are susceptible animals, the presence of the virus, and a pathway for transmission. This ...
Dec 19, 2021 · A research report in screening for Nipah virus infection in West Kalimantan province found 19% of the 84 Pteropus vampyrus bat sera tested positive.As part of EID preparedness, WHO supported the MoH to develop a guideline on prevention and control of and a risk mapping tool for through a series of consultation meetings with experts from multiple disciplines from MoH, professional associations, epidemiologists, infectious diseases hospitals, animal health and wildlife sectors, laboratory ...
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