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Explained: The Nipah Virus, Its Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
A 14-year-old boy from Pandikkad in Malappuram tested positive for Nipah on Saturday. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune confirmed the infection.
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Nipah Virus Outbreak In Kerala: What We Know So Far
Authorities in Kerala are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever with a high mortality rate.
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Nipah Mortality Rate Upto 70%, Compared To Covid's 3%: Top Medical Body
The mortality rate among those infected with the Nipah virus is much higher compared to those infected with Covid, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief Dr Rajiv Bahl said on Friday.
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Karnataka Issues Guidelines Following Nipah Outbreak In Neighbouring Kerala
Nipah Virus Cases: Avoiding unnecessary travel to the affected area in Kerala and intensifying fever surveillance in the bordering districts are among the guidelines issued by the Karnataka government following the Nipah outbreak in Kerala.
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Nipah Virus: Know Symptoms, Transmission, Preventive Measures And More
Nipah virus was first discovered in 1999 following an outbreak in pigs and people. Initially, infected individuals experience fever, headaches, muscle pain, vomiting and sore throat.
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2 Deaths In Kerala Due To Nipah Virus, Centre Sends Team For Assistance
Nipah Alert in Kerala: Two people have died due to the Nipah virus in Kerala's Kozhikode district, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed today.
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5 Facts On Nipah: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
Nipah Alert in Kerala: The Nipah alert in Kerala's Kozhikode after two 'unnatural' deaths were reported due to fever has brought back panic and grim memories of the earlier outbreaks that claimed several lives.
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How Nipah Virus Spreads From Bats To Humans Through Food? Symptoms And How To Prevent It?
Nipah virus outbreak occur almost annually in Bangladesh from November to April and it coincides with raw date-palm-sap in the "Nipah belt".
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Nipah Yet To Be Confirmed, Says Kerala Minister, 52 Under Surveillance
A 23-year-old man admitted in a private hospital in Ernkaulam is suspected to have contracted Nipah -- a virus that caused the deaths of 17 people last summer -- Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja has said. Fifty-two people, among them 22 students, have been put under surveillance since. None of them have showed any symptoms yet, and have been allo...
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Soldier Dies In Kolkata Of Suspected Nipah Virus Infection
A soldier died on Monday in Kolkata of suspected Nipah virus, which has caused 13 deaths in Kerala.
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Police Probes Forged Report That Said Nipah Virus Spread Through Chicken
Police have registered a case and begun a probe into a forged report, quoting Kozhikode District Medical Officer that the Nipah virus, which has killed 13 people so far in Kerala, was spreading through chicken.
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Nipah Virus That Killed 12 In Kerala May Not Be Linked To Bats: 10 Points
Fruit bats may not be the cause of the brain-damaging NIPAH (NiV) virus that killed 12 people and infected 20 in southern Kerala, a medical test report has said. The blood and serum samples of 21 bats tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal returned negative results for the virus, officials said. Health officials...
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Bats Not The Prime Cause Of Nipah Virus, Finds Report
Tests have ruled out bats being behind the spread of the Nipah virus that took 12 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, officials said on Friday.
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Nipah Virus Claims 4th Member Of Family Treated By Nurse Lini: 10 Points
A fourth member of the same family in Kerala has died of the rare Nipah virus, officials said on Thursday. The family's home in a village in Kozhikode is believed to be the epicenter of the disease that has caused 12 deaths. Officials found "many dead bats" in a well in that home. The family was treated by Nurse Lini Puthussery, who died on Monday ...
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The 10 Latest Facts On Nipah Virus Including Symptoms And Checks
With 11 people killed by the brain-damaging Nipah (NiV) virus in Kerala, here's an explainer of the outbreak, causes, symptoms and treatment
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Explained: The Nipah Virus, Its Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
A 14-year-old boy from Pandikkad in Malappuram tested positive for Nipah on Saturday. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune confirmed the infection.
-
Nipah Virus Outbreak In Kerala: What We Know So Far
Authorities in Kerala are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a virus spread from animals to humans that causes deadly fever with a high mortality rate.
-
Nipah Mortality Rate Upto 70%, Compared To Covid's 3%: Top Medical Body
The mortality rate among those infected with the Nipah virus is much higher compared to those infected with Covid, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief Dr Rajiv Bahl said on Friday.
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Karnataka Issues Guidelines Following Nipah Outbreak In Neighbouring Kerala
Nipah Virus Cases: Avoiding unnecessary travel to the affected area in Kerala and intensifying fever surveillance in the bordering districts are among the guidelines issued by the Karnataka government following the Nipah outbreak in Kerala.
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Nipah Virus: Know Symptoms, Transmission, Preventive Measures And More
Nipah virus was first discovered in 1999 following an outbreak in pigs and people. Initially, infected individuals experience fever, headaches, muscle pain, vomiting and sore throat.
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2 Deaths In Kerala Due To Nipah Virus, Centre Sends Team For Assistance
Nipah Alert in Kerala: Two people have died due to the Nipah virus in Kerala's Kozhikode district, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed today.
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5 Facts On Nipah: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
Nipah Alert in Kerala: The Nipah alert in Kerala's Kozhikode after two 'unnatural' deaths were reported due to fever has brought back panic and grim memories of the earlier outbreaks that claimed several lives.
-
How Nipah Virus Spreads From Bats To Humans Through Food? Symptoms And How To Prevent It?
Nipah virus outbreak occur almost annually in Bangladesh from November to April and it coincides with raw date-palm-sap in the "Nipah belt".
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Nipah Yet To Be Confirmed, Says Kerala Minister, 52 Under Surveillance
A 23-year-old man admitted in a private hospital in Ernkaulam is suspected to have contracted Nipah -- a virus that caused the deaths of 17 people last summer -- Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja has said. Fifty-two people, among them 22 students, have been put under surveillance since. None of them have showed any symptoms yet, and have been allo...
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Soldier Dies In Kolkata Of Suspected Nipah Virus Infection
A soldier died on Monday in Kolkata of suspected Nipah virus, which has caused 13 deaths in Kerala.
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Police Probes Forged Report That Said Nipah Virus Spread Through Chicken
Police have registered a case and begun a probe into a forged report, quoting Kozhikode District Medical Officer that the Nipah virus, which has killed 13 people so far in Kerala, was spreading through chicken.
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Nipah Virus That Killed 12 In Kerala May Not Be Linked To Bats: 10 Points
Fruit bats may not be the cause of the brain-damaging NIPAH (NiV) virus that killed 12 people and infected 20 in southern Kerala, a medical test report has said. The blood and serum samples of 21 bats tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal returned negative results for the virus, officials said. Health officials...
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Bats Not The Prime Cause Of Nipah Virus, Finds Report
Tests have ruled out bats being behind the spread of the Nipah virus that took 12 lives in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram districts, officials said on Friday.
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Nipah Virus Claims 4th Member Of Family Treated By Nurse Lini: 10 Points
A fourth member of the same family in Kerala has died of the rare Nipah virus, officials said on Thursday. The family's home in a village in Kozhikode is believed to be the epicenter of the disease that has caused 12 deaths. Officials found "many dead bats" in a well in that home. The family was treated by Nurse Lini Puthussery, who died on Monday ...
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The 10 Latest Facts On Nipah Virus Including Symptoms And Checks
With 11 people killed by the brain-damaging Nipah (NiV) virus in Kerala, here's an explainer of the outbreak, causes, symptoms and treatment
