{"id":29231,"date":"2018-10-24T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29231"},"modified":"2018-10-24T17:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T12:10:16","slug":"kerala-may-seek-who-help-to-battle-nipah-virus-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kerala-may-seek-who-help-to-battle-nipah-virus-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala may seek WHO help to battle Nipah virus infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/kerala-may-seek-who-help-to-battle-nipah\/article23953518.ece\">Kerala may seek WHO help to battle Nipah virus infection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nipah virus<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The kerala government is planning to seek the help from World Health Organization regarding Nipah virus infection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-f.jpg?resize=750%2C377\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-f.jpg?w=1333&amp;ssl=1 1333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-f.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-f.jpg?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-f.jpg?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Capture-f.jpg?resize=1024%2C515&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported the Nipah virus infection incidence as the \u201cthird major outbreak in the country.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The laboratory result of all the recent death has confirmed the presence of the Nipah virus.<\/li>\n<li>A team of experts from All-India Institute of Medical Sciences is expected to visit the Kerala\u2019s Kozhikode district.<\/li>\n<li>The Nipah virus was transmitted from animals to humans where bats acts as its carriers.<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms of Nipah virus infection include: Fever, Heachache, Vomiting, Dizziness, Altered Consciousness, Coma, Respiratory distress, Hallucination, Cough and Cold.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnosis include:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>virus isolation and real time polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR) from throat and nasal swabs, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, and blood samples<\/li>\n<li>Antibody detection by ELISA (IgG and IgM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Preventive measures<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Wash, peel and cook fruits before eating them.<\/li>\n<li>Hand washing at home to avoid primary infection and transmission.<\/li>\n<li>Quarantine of those infected has been suggested as it can be highly contagious.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>\u00a0To completely understand the cycle of infection a detailed tests would have to be conducted in accordance with Animal Husbandry.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A similar outbreaks has reported in West Bengal which was linked to Bangladesh, where panic resulted in many people to leave there residence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note: Refer 21 may 9 pm News for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala may seek WHO help to battle Nipah virus infection Nipah virus News: The kerala government is planning to seek the help from World Health Organization regarding Nipah virus infection. Important Facts: National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported the Nipah virus infection incidence as the \u201cthird major outbreak in the country.\u201d The laboratory&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kerala-may-seek-who-help-to-battle-nipah-virus-infection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kerala may seek WHO help to battle Nipah virus infection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704658664},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}