A short communication of Nipah virus outbreak in India: An urgent rising concern

Uwishema, Olivier, Wellington, Jack, Berjaoui, Christin, Muoka, Kamsi Olivia, Onyeaka, Chinyere Vivian Patrick and Onyeaka, Helen 2022. A short communication of Nipah virus outbreak in India: An urgent rising concern. Annals of Medicine and Surgery , 104599. 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104599

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Abstract

In the past two decades, countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, and India have recorded several cases of Nipah virus (NiV) infection. Following the 2018 NiV outbreak in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India that claimed 17 lives, there has been a recent re-emergence of the virus in the same district, causing the recently reported death of a 12-year-old boy. Accordingly, population panic has heightened as inhabitants of these areas try to together combat the existing COVID-19 pandemic alongside the emerging NiV infection. Although the rate of transmission of NiV is low as compared to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), scientists suggest a higher mortality rate from NiV infection. In this manuscript, we aim to discuss the NiV infection in India as well as suggest recommendations to contain and ameliorate the severe impact of the virus on affected populations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Start Date: 2022-09-04
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2049-0801
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 September 2022
Date of Acceptance:	4 September 2022
Last Modified:	19 May 2023 20:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/152504

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