Health officials in protective gear at a Nipah Triage wing of the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode on September 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat Kerala Health Minister Veena George has said that no fresh cases of Nipah infection have been reported from the State till Saturday afternoon. She told the media that … Read more
Scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) have undertaken a nationwide bat surveillance to check for zoonotic diseases. The scientists are taking bat samples and testing for the Nipah virus. Senior ICMR-NIV scientist Dr Pragya Yadav told The Indian Express that the survey would help identify Nipah virus hotspots. Based on this, … Read more
Thomas W. Geisbert, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the varsity’s Medical Branch, and the lead author of the paper finds the vaccine “safe, immunogenic, and effective at protecting the monkeys from a high dose of Nipah virus given shortly after vaccination.” March 16, 2022 1:12:58 pm The studies showed encouraging results but future studies … Read more
Nipah virus case in Kerala Already reeling under the rising cases of Covid-19, Kerala recently witnessed the first mortality from Nipah virus this year after a 12-year-old boy from Kozhikode succumbed to it. Th virus outbreak has resurfaced after 2018 and is spread by saliva of the fruit bats. On September, the sample for the … Read more
Nipah is a zoonotic virus that humans can contract from animals, including pigs and bats. (Photo credit: PRD, Govt of Kerala) A 12-year-old boy suffering from Nipah virus died in Kozhikode on Sunday, Health Minister Veena George said. The boy had been admitted to hospital on September 1 and his samples sent to the Pune … Read more
In India, large fruit-eating bats called Pteropus medius bats are thought to be the cause for the virus. (Representational image) Nipah virus: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- National Institute of Virology conducted a cross-sectional survey to study Nipah Virus (NiV) and its prevalence in the country’s bats. During the survey, samples of some … Read more
This graph can tell you a lot about your future. Each bar shows how many new infectious diseases emerged in a year. In 1944, there was one. In ’48, three. We have no immunity to new pathogens. Each disease on this list posed a new pandemic threat. It was around 1960 when the number began … Read more