On high alert due to mysterious death of 8 per people because of unidentified viral attack out of these three were reported to be caused by nipah virus as per the National Institute of virology, Pune nipah virus is the soul cause of these credits and inherited by risk and NIV is yet to be understood by many.
What is NiV?
As per the World Health Organisation nipah virus is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes a serious disease in both animals and humans. This virus was first identified in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998. At that time, it was primarily caused in pigs and through them got transferred to humans. Nipah virus infected as many as 265 people then upto 40% was taken under Intensive Care due to the infection having spread Severely. As quoted by WHO natural host of the virus are fruits bats of the Pteropodidae family Pteropus genus.
The virus can be transferred through infected Bats, pigs all humans who have been infected. In 2004, humans who consume the date plum sap infacted by fruit bats, caused the virus as well. Humans who were infected by other humans were report in Bangladesh and India.
Signs and symptoms of Nipah virus:-
Experts say that nipah virus is an airborne transmission infection and can affect those who come in direct contact with contaminated bodies. Nipah virus is usually associated with inflammation of the brain due to which severe days of fever can often lead to a state of confusion disorientation and even persistent Drowsiness. If not taken care of these symptoms can even cause a coma in a span of 24-48 hours. There are many patients who show neurological, respiratory and pulmonary sign and therefore do not ignore and Signs.
some common signs and symptoms of an IVR headache, fever, nausea, dizziness , drowsiness and mental issues such as confusion these symptoms can last upto 7 to 10 days working out of respiratory illness during the early stage is also a must.
The symptoms may take from 4 to 14 days to appear after a person gets infected. The early symptoms are not very clear and very can easily be confused with that of viral fever and common cold. Virus can kill between 40% to 100% of those infected by it. And you will be surprised to know that more than 60% of this infection in humans come from animals.
Prevention and Cure :-
As of now there is no particular vaccine available purely for the treatment of nipah virus. The only way to treat this virus is through intensive supportive care. Since drinking raw date Palm SAP bitten by a bat can also cause nipah virus. It is safe to say that you should stay from consuming date plam for sometime hospitals also need to raise awareness about symptoms and transmission to avoid human to human infections. In search settings. Detection of is another issue with virus and anyone who feels the is the symptoms should get tested thoroughly from a recognized facility.
