A 12 year-old boy in Kozhikode district succumbed to Nipah virus on September 7. The boy had symptoms of encephalitis (swollen brain) and myocarditis (inflammation of heart muscles). His samples ...

Unlike swine flu, its transmission rate is very low, Krishnan said. Initial signs and symptoms of the Nipah virus infection are nonspecific, and the diagnosis is often not suspected at the time of ...

Kerala Health Minister, Veena George said that 175 people in the Malappuram district have been included in the contact list ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus that can be transmitted ... treatments available to combat the disease. Individuals with symptoms may display anything from minor respiratory discomfort to ...

Nipah virus in Kerala: Health Minister confirms the first case of the infection in a 14-year-old boy from Malappuram district. Read on to know more about the virus and its symptoms. There is no ...

The WHO has described the virus as a priority pathogen because of its potential to trigger an epidemic. What are the symptoms of Nipah virus? Initial symptoms may include: In some people ...

The Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from some animals to humans Schools and offices have been shut in some parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala after five cases ...

Recent reports of Nipah virus (NIV) infections in Kerala state in India have attracted global attention. Since it was first reported in August (2023), there have been six cases, two of whom have ...

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There is no specific antiviral treatment for Nipah virus infection. Therefore, supportive care and taking care of the symptoms is essential. Amid the massive outbreak of deadly Nipah virus in ...

The state health department had already issued a high alert in Kozhikode district earlier this week after they suspected that the two deaths were caused by the Nipah virus. Now an alert has also ...

The Nipah virus outbreak this year was in Kozhikode district, which neighbours Wayanad, and six persons were infected, of whom two had died. The latest outbreak in Kerala's Kozhikode district ...