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Mmmm............. dont think this is over
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Definitely not over: Nipah Virus: Death toll rises to 11 as 61-year-old dies in Kozhikode; state govt issues advisory to travellersMay 24, 2018 11:53:29 IST |
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Quite right to say so too. But, at least it was not The Star or Faux news. ... 'And those were good questions. Finally; contained is not the same as over. But, things are looking up a bit.
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Did they find the source ,
and has any progress been made on the Anti-body serum sent by the "Aussies"............. those are my ?????s p.s that was from the Express.......just saying......lol
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Nipah virus latest: Deadly brain damaging disease outbreak ‘CONTAINED’ at lastTHE Nipha virus which has killed at least 16 people in Kerala, India, has been contained, according to doctors. |
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Nipah death toll rises to 16, but end of outbreak might be nearUpdated 1336 GMT (2136 HKT) June 5, 2018 Soource and full article: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/05/health/india-nipah-outbreak-deaths-update-intl/index.html
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The Kerala Health Department said that apart
from the 18 positive cases of Nipah virus, no new cases were reported
on Monday. Tuesday, June 05, 2018 - 11:17 Source and full article: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/relief-kerala-no-new-cases-nipah-virus-reported-may-17-82483
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ICMR may soon be able to neutralise the effects of Nipah virus using anti-body developed in Australia; death toll rises to 16The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) may soon be able to
neutralise the effects of the Nipah Virus which has killed 16 people in
Kerala. The ICMR had earlier reached out to the the University of Queensland, Australia, which has developed an antibody to combat and 'neutralise' the virus. The antibody was expected to reach India on Thursday. "The Human Monoclonal Antibody (M 102.4) is a non-patented drug, developed by Dr Christopher C Broder from Australia. The antibody is still referred by a number and not a name as clinical trials are yet to be completed. This is an antibody and not a vaccine, which can neutralise the effects of the Nipah Virus," says The News Minute. The antibody has not been tested on humans so far. "We have asked them to give their monoclonal antibody for conducting a test in India to find out if it can neutralise the Nipah virus in humans. In Australia, it has only been tried in vitro (happening outside the body in artificial conditions, often in a test tube) and has been found to be effective. But it has not been tested on humans," Dr Balram Bhargava, ICMR Director General, said while clarifying that it will not lead to creation of vaccine ICMR is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research. "We are preparing a dossier on what will be methodology and what would be the regulatory process so that we can fast track the process," he said. "Efforts are also underway to procure the cell line which Australia had used to develop the antibody. Once the ICMR gets the cell line, India can start manufacturing the antibodies," The News Minute reported. According to Dr Bhargava, Australia is ready to share as it will help generate data on the efficacy of the antibody. "It is not yet sure how much it will be effective," he said, adding the infection caused by Nipah virus has a high mortality rate (50-70 percent). According to National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, a drug named ribavirin has been shown to be effective against the viruses in vitro, but human investigations to date have been inconclusive and the clinical usefulness of the drug remains uncertain. The death toll due to outbreak of Nipah virus rose to 16 in Kerala, with one more person succumbing to the deadly virus in Kozhikode on Thursday morning, reports said. Meanwhile, there are reports of dead bats being found on the premises of a government school in Himachal Pradesh, samples of which have been sent for testing to NIV, Pune, to ascertain the reason behind their deaths Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. Currently, there is no vaccine or drug for the treatment of the NIV infection. The treatment for human cases is supportive and management treatment along with intensive supportive care The virus spreads through close contact with people's secretions and excretions. Eating food which may have the droplets of saliva and urine of infected bats can lead to the transmission of the virus. Earlier, cases of Nipah virus were reported from Siliguri in 2001 and Nadia in 2007 in the eastern state of West Bengal and around 47 deaths were reported. With inputs from PTI Updated Date: Jun 01, 2018 13:44 PM |
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the hospital staff "going on leave" is a bit worry.........
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With nurses and doctors going on leave, this could create a situation where the lack of medical staff could cause other non-Nipah deaths as fewer people could be treated at hospitals. It is this knock-on effect that worries me about pandemics, or disasters Such as estimates of over 4 000 deaths in Puerto Rico from the hurricane instead of the 82 'officially related' deaths. About 1/3rd of the deaths are attributed to people not getting medical care they needed.
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Nipah Deaths In Kerala Rise To 16, Minister Warns Of Second OutbreakThe staff, including nurses and four doctors of the hospital where the two patients died in the last two days, has been asked to go on leave for a week as a precautionary measure |
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I would say that its something to do with Hendra virus , ( see my earlier post) that Australia has flown in ,
must be getting people worried.............
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Last Updated : May 31, 2018 06:52 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Bangladesh strain of Nipah virus responsible for outbreak in Kerala, death toll reaches to 15First identification of Nipah virus as a cause of an outbreak of encephalitis was reported in 2001 in Meherpur district of Bangladesh.Source and full article: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/current-affairs-trends/bangladesh-strain-of-nipah-virus-responsible-for-outbreak-in-kerala-death-toll-reaches-to-15-2579611.html AND
Efforts are also underway to procure the cell line which
Australia used to develop the antibody. Once ICMR gets the cell line,
India can start manufacturing it. Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 20:15 Source and full article: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nipah-virus-antibody-fight-infection-flown-australia-82252 |
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Limited human spread by close contact is not good.
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15 now. Nipah Virus Claims 2 More Lives In Kerala's Kozhikode; 15 Deaths Till NowTwo more people have died in Kerala of Nipah virus |
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KOZHIKODE: Another person died of Nipah virus in Kerala's Kozhikode taking the death toll to 14.
Madhusudhanan, 55, of Nellikode in Kozhikode district died tonight, according to health department sources. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital, they said, adding that Madhusudhanan had tested positive of the virus. The number of confirmed Nipah virus cases has risen to 17 with the National Institute of Virology, Pune, finding its presence in the blood sample of a 28-year-old person from Karassery, the sources said. |
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i just wonder how it got to India when the last cases were in Maylasia,so my guess is limited H2H ,and there has probably been more cases but put down to other viruses,IE......
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Your guess is as good as mine, Boss. I suspet the health workers were h2h and the initial cases were zoonotic. After that, who knows?
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Are these people getting infected solely from bats or do we have limited person-to-person infections?
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29/05/2018 13:57 BST
Nipah Virus Outbreak: Death Toll Rises In India As Brain-Damaging Disease SpreadsAs the rare virus claims more lives in the Indian state of Kerala, concerns have been raised about the potential of Nipah to become a global health emergency.As health workers in India scramble to contain an ongoing outbreak of Nipah, a rare and deadly virus with no known cure, concerns have been raised about the disease’s potential to become the next global health emergency. At least 13 people in the Indian state of Kerala have died from the Nipah virus in the recent outbreak. On Monday, The Hindu newspaper reported that a patient with Nipah-like symptoms was under observation in a hospital in Goa, a state in western India. If diagnosed with the disease, the patient — reportedly a 20-year-old man who’d traveled to Goa from Kerala — could be the first case of Nipah infection outside Kerala since the recent outbreak began earlier this month. The Nipah virus, which was first identified in 1999 after an outbreak in Malaysia and Singapore, is a disease thought to be transmitted by bats, pigs or other animals to humans. The virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 70 percent, can cause encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, as well as severe respiratory symptoms, according to the World Health Organization. There is currently no cure or vaccine for Nipah, though research into a possible vaccine is reportedly underway. As health workers in India scramble to contain an ongoing outbreak of Nipah, a rare and deadly virus with no known cure, concerns have been raised about the disease’s potential to become the next global health emergency. At least 13 people in the Indian state of Kerala have died from the Nipah virus in the recent outbreak. On Monday, The Hindu newspaper reported that a patient with Nipah-like symptoms was under observation in a hospital in Goa, a state in western India. If diagnosed with the disease, the patient — reportedly a 20-year-old man who’d traveled to Goa from Kerala — could be the first case of Nipah infection outside Kerala since the recent outbreak began earlier this month. The Nipah virus, which was first identified in 1999 after an outbreak in Malaysia and Singapore, is a disease thought to be transmitted by bats, pigs or other animals to humans. The virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 70 percent, can cause encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, as well as severe respiratory symptoms, according to the World Health Organization. There is currently no cure or vaccine for Nipah, though research into a possible vaccine is reportedly underway. The Nipah virus was listed this year on the WHO’s priority list of emerging diseases that could cause a global health emergency. Ebola and Zika were also on the 2018 list, which the WHO said identifies diseases that “pose a public health risk because of their epidemic potential and for which there are no, or insufficient, countermeasures.” Stanford epidemiologist and Nipah expert Stephen Luby said recently that Nipah could conceivably become a “global pandemic threat” if there emerged a strain of the disease that could efficiently be transmitted from person to person. “It is conceivable that there is currently a strain of Nipah virus circulating among bats that, if it infected people, would efficiently transmit from person to person,” Luby told the Stanford Report, though noting that “so far, we have not identified such a strain.” “Characteristics that might increase the risk of person-to-person transmission would be a virus that has a stronger tendency to move to the respiratory tract in high numbers,” he said. “It is conceivable that the virus could acquire a mutation that would enhance this capacity. One concern is that anytime a virus infects a human, it is in an environment that selects for survival in that context.” Source photos and video: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nipah-virus-kerala-india-outbreak_us_5b0d09c9e4b0568a880e28de |
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Let's hope so, Carbon. I think the research stands a better chance of being persued than in the past, because, for once, people actually seem to be paying attention*. It makes a nice change. Quite a bit of research goes on in India these days as well. They seem to be rather good at it despite the country's poverty. Brains will out! - Upon which note, they seem to be taking a very proactive approach too**. *Officials: Deadly Nipah virus has not spread in south India May 25, 2018, 9:20 AM http://uk.businessinsider.com/ap-officials-deadly-nipah-virus-has-not-spread-in-south-india-2018-5and No Trace Of Nipah Virus In Himachal Pradesh, No Need To Panic: OfficerUpdated: May 27, 2018 05:48 IST https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nipah-virus-no-trace-of-nipah-virus-in-himachal-pradesh-no-need-to-panic-bk-aggarwal-1858141**Bihar government issues Nipah virus alertThe government has issued an alert of Nipah virus (NiV) in view of its outbreak in Kerala that has claimed 10 lives and created panic. http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/26/bihar-government-issues-nipah-virus-alert-1819789.html |
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maybe with a tweak this could be a vaccine that could help this situation..The Hendra vaccineThe Equivac® HeV vaccine became available to horse owners on 1 November 2012. It is an animal medicine, fully registered by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA.) The vaccine has been declared as safe and effective (Source: Qld Parliament Report into the Hendra Vaccine; October 2016.) The vaccine was initially released to high-risk areas in Australia and then to all horse owners soon afterwards. The vaccine was the result of scientific and collaborative efforts between the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Maryland USA, the Henry M Jackson for the Advancement of Military Medicine in Maryland USA, Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis), and CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory. A timeline from 1994 to 2012 (the year the Hendra virus vaccine was released) has been developed to provide a summary of the research that has improved our knowledge of the deadly disease and contributed to the development of the vaccine. Download vaccine timeline A review by Professor C Broder, Dr D Weir and Dr P Reid of the development of active and passive Hendra virus and Nipah virus animal vaccines has recently been published June 2016 in the internationally renowned journal Vaccine. Available online here. The current scheduling protocol for healthy microchipped horses over four months of age is two initial vaccinations administered three to six weeks apart, followed by a booster at 6 months, followed by annual boosters, with all vaccinations recorded in a central database register. The vaccine should not be used in sick or immunocompromised animals. As no animal or human vaccines are regarded as 100% effective in all individuals, appropriate PPE, good personal hygiene and biosecurity practices should always be used when dealing with sick, vaccinated or unvaccinated horses. The vaccine is only available to veterinarians. The reasoning behind this is based on the fact that because Hendra is such a lethal disease, the vaccine needs therefore to be handled, stored and administered by veterinary professionals, to ensure adherence to correct administration protocols in order to protect animal and human health, in line with the best international standards for preventive medical care. In addition, the record of horse vaccination is entered into a central database which can be used to used by veterinarians to check the horse's current vaccination status. No vaccinated horses have ever contracted Hendra virus, whilst 20 laboratory confirmed HeV infections in horses have occurred in Queensland and NSW since vaccine release in November 2012. The vaccine is the single most effective way of reducing the risk of Hendra virus infection and provides a work health and safety as well as a public health benefit and there is a high level of confidence in the vaccine held by veterinarians and by both Queensland and NSW State Governments and the Australian Government through the Animal Health Committee. This has been evidenced in outbreak situations since the vaccine became available. From 2013-2015 there were seven horse deaths in NSW. Of the seven NSW properties affected there were 19 horses in contact with the HeV positive cases which had not been vaccinated. These 19 in contact with horses were then vaccinated and subsequently did not become infected. In an outbreak in Queensland on the Atherton Tablelands in July 2015 where one horse died from HeV, there were also six vaccinated horses and three unvaccinated horses on a property. These six vaccinated horses were regarded by QDAF’s Biosecurity Queensland as “low interest” horses and subsequently released early from quarantine in line with national Animal Health Committee policy.
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even if it wasnt the bats ,if they were using that well and Some got infected,
and its been covered where will the Infected bats go to get a drink,and will that water source become "unclean" ??
i am afraid the Geine is out of the bottle on this one , do i trust the Indian government to tell the truth ?? Errr NO,panic would happen |
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Just for once, it was't the bats.......... I am sorry, the article resists being copied. You can findit here: |
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Third Indian state checks for suspected cases in Nipah outbreakBlood samples from two men who showed the flu-like symptoms of the virus were sent for testing, said a health official in Telangana Published: 14:00 May 25, 2018 MUMBAI: Officials in a third Indian state were checking on Friday if two people had been infected with the brain-damaging Nipah virus that has killed 12 in northern Kerala, although the government described the outbreak as minor. Such outbreaks are a concern in a country where hundreds die from infectious diseases each year for lack of vigorous disease tracking systems. There is no vaccine for the virus, carried by fruit bats, and the only treatment is supportive care. The virus has not spread beyond Kerala, the government said after investigation by health officials linked the initial deaths to a well colonised by bats whose water the victims had been using. "The Nipah virus disease is not a major outbreak and is only a local occurrence," the government said in a statement, adding that a team of experts continued to monitor the situation. Blood samples from two men who showed the flu-like symptoms of the virus were sent for testing, said a health official in Telangana, a state neighbouring Kerala. We just sent them as a precaution," said K Shankar, medical superintendent of the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases in Hyderabad. Two suspect cases in Karnataka, another state bordering Kerala, proved negative, said a medical official there. All the confirmed infections have involved people who caught the virus from the first victim while he was being treated, said microbiologist G. Arun Kumar. "Hospital-acquired infections are a major path of human to human transmission," added Kumar, who heads the Manipal Centre for Virus Research that is testing virus samples. The virus, spread through contact with bodily fluids, has a mortality rate of about 70 per cent. A global coalition to fight epidemics this week struck a $25-million deal with two U.S. biotech groups to speed work on a vaccine. A clutch of dead bats discovered on the roof of a school in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh triggered a brief scare, but there are no suspected human infections, said health official Sanjay Sharma. The finding of dead bats was not an unusual event, said one state forest official. "This
is not unusual, but the department has sent bat samples for tests as a
precautionary measure," said the official, Ramesh Kang.
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thats all very well , but the fact that Nipah virus even exists in India ,
or else where is a scary thought , wonder if a Vaccine is easy to make?? i.e how stable is the virus ?? is there a difference between this strain and and the original ??
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Two Patients From Hyderabad Test Negative For Nipah VirusThe Telangana government earlier today said it has sent blood samples and throat swabs of two patients suffering from fever to the NIV for tests for the Nipah virus infection. |
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[Technohobe: It still seemsto be spreading; although, this is, as yet, unconfirmed.] May 25, 2018 / 9:57 AM / Updated 10 hours ago Third Indian state checks suspect cases in outbreak of rare brain-damaging virusMUMBAI (Reuters) - Officials in a third Indian state were checking on
Friday if two people had been infected with the brain-damaging Nipah
virus that has killed 12 in southern Kerala, although the government
described the outbreak as minor. Such outbreaks are a concern in a country where hundreds die from infectious diseases each year for lack of vigorous disease tracking systems. There is no vaccine for the virus, carried by fruit bats, and the only treatment is supportive care. The virus has not spread beyond Kerala, the government said after investigation by health officials linked the initial deaths to a well colonized by bats whose water the victims had been using. “The Nipah virus disease is not a major outbreak and is only a local occurrence,” the government said in a statement, adding that a team of experts continued to monitor the situation. Blood samples from two men who showed the flu-like symptoms of the virus were sent for testing, said a health official in Telangana, a state neighboring Kerala. “We just sent them as a precaution,” said K Shankar, medical superintendent of the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Communicable Diseases in Hyderabad. Two suspect cases in Karnataka, another state bordering Kerala, proved negative, said a medical official there. All
the confirmed infections have involved people who caught the virus
from the first victim while he was being treated, said microbiologist G.
Arun Kumar. “Hospital-acquired infections are a major path of human to human transmission,” added Kumar, who heads the Manipal Centre for Virus Research that is testing virus samples. The virus, spread through contact with bodily fluids, has a mortality rate of about 70 percent. A global coalition to fight epidemics this week struck a $25-million deal with two U.S. biotech groups to speed work on a vaccine. A clutch of dead bats discovered on the roof of a school in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh triggered a brief scare, but there are no suspected human infections, said health official Sanjay Sharma. The finding of dead bats was not an unusual event, said one state forest official. “This
is not unusual, but the department has sent bat samples for tests as a
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we have a big problem here with "Henrda" virus
,Hendra virus
Rank: Species Hendra virus fact sheetHendra virus is a virus that mainly infects large fruit bats (flying foxes) which can be passed on to horses. The infection has occasionally been passed onto people who have been in close contact with an infected horse. What is Hendra virus?
What are the symptoms?Hendra virus symptoms in horses
Hendra virus symptoms in people
How is it spread?
Who is at risk?People who have had close contact (particularly high level exposures as described above) with an infected horse, without wearing appropriate personal protective equipment, are most at risk. How is it prevented?Preventing horse infection
Preventing human infection
How is it diagnosed?People with suspected Hendra virus infection will usually have blood and urine tests. Depending on their symptoms they may also have nose/throat swabs and/or other tests. People with high level exposures to horse body fluids may have blood samples collected over six weeks to check if they have developed antibodies to the infection. Testing for Hendra virus infection is generally not recommended for people who have had lower-level exposure. How is it treated?There is no specific treatment for Hendra virus infection and cases are treated supportively in hospital or in intensive care. Antiviral medications have not been found to be effective in treating Hendra virus infection. People who have had high exposures to the body fluids of an infected horse may be offered experimental treatment with a type of antibody that may prevent infection. What is the public health response?
Further informationFor further information on Hendra virus in humansFor further information on Hendra in horses |
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May 24, 2018 / 11:43 AM / Updated 9 hours ago U.S. biotechs to speed work on Nipah vaccine as virus hits IndiaThe Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) said on Thursday that Profectus BioSciences and Emergent BioSolutions would receive up to $25 million to advance development and manufacturing of a shot for the bat-borne disease. There is currently no vaccine or treatment to tackle Nipah, which has a mortality rate of around 70 percent. The death toll from the latest outbreak in Kerala rose to 12 on Thursday, following the death of a 61-year-old man who had already lost three members of his family, including his two sons, to the virus. Indian officials said they were awaiting blood test results from a further 16 patients suspected to have the infection. The
experimental vaccine being developed by the biotech companies has
produced promising results in animal tests, following more than 15 years
of research by scientists at the U.S.-based Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences. Based on data so far, Christopher Broder, one of the main researchers behind the project, said the Nipah vaccine in development was also “highly likely” to work against the related Hendra virus. Experts believe both Nipah and Hendra are spread by flying foxes - bats of the genus Pteropus - with humans becoming infected by exposure to bat urine and saliva on fruit, or from infected pigs and horses. It can also spread person-to-person. Outbreaks of Nipah occur annually in Bangladesh and 105 people died from the virus in Malaysia 1999, when more than a million pigs were slaughtered to stem its spread. Still, Nipah remains a relatively rare tropical disease - like Ebola - which severely limits the incentive for drug companies to invest in vaccines or drugs. It was the slow response to West Africa’s 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,300 people before an effective vaccine was developed, that prompted the launch of the CEPI coalition in January 2017. The group, which sees itself as a global insurance policy against epidemics, is funded by Norway, Germany, Japan, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust. Nipah is on the World Health Organization research and development priority list alongside Ebola, Zika, MERS, Lassa and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Additional reporting by D. Jose in Kochi and Zeba Siddiqui in Mumbai; Editing by Edmund Blair and Alexandra Hudson [Personally, I'm not holding my breath.] |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henipavirus
Looking at history this virus (nipah is a form of henipa-virus) may spread in a much larger region-South East Asia, northern Australia and infect many mammals (and birds ???). http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/05/temps-near-50-deg-c-122-deg-f-flash.html (link with climate change ? Could Ebola showing up again in central Africa also be related to climate change or overpopulation ?)
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Story of one of the nurses who has died from Nipah....she seems to have been very responsible in her actions. I am sorry that caregivers often pay the ultimate price.... |
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Nasty bug. Definitely a concern given that it is already capable of H2H transmission with a fearsome CFR, and it's now spreading in a far larger pool of potential hosts.
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May 23, 2018 / 7:41 AM / Updated 5 hours ago Second Indian state reports suspected cases of rare virus, fanning fears of spreadKOCHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian health officials were checking on Wednesday if a rare, brain-damaging virus had spread to a second state after two suspected cases reported in southern Karnataka, as the death toll in adjacent Kerala, where the outbreak began, rose to 11. |
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Hey wecome tiger_deF
dont get to alarmed just watch and wait , it is a worry ,but many things are, this might be the "slate wiper" might not ,we humans have a good survival record stay tuned to this channel .....
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I'm extremely alarmed at both the country this is taking place in (theost dense country and one of the poorest in the world) as well as how quickly this disease seems to be spreading.
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BBC News: Nipah virus death toll rises in India.
via Google News
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70% mortality makes this a really bad one! Smallpox is "only" 50% Case Fatality Rate. Rabies is essentially 100%, only a few people have ever survived a fulminant rabies infection.
The recent "Clade X" pandemic exercise used Nipah as a model for a global outbreak, this is interesting stuff: Clade X is a pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in May 2018 to identify important policy issues and preparedness challenges that could be solved with sufficient political will and attention. The Center designed the Clade X scenario by mixing aspects of actual past events with well-researched fictional elements to illustrate some of the difficult decisions that national leaders could face in a severe pandemic. It is presented through a day-long series of simulated National Security Council–convened meetings of 10 US government leaders, played by individuals prominent in the fields of national security or epidemic response. Similar to findings from the Center’s 2 previous exercises, Dark Winter and Atlantic Storm, key takeaways from Clade X will educate senior leaders at the highest level of the US government, as well as members of the global policy and preparedness community and the general public. Clade X is distinct from Dark Winter and Atlantic Storm in that it addresses a severe pandemic caused by a novel pathogen. |
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I always remember my science teachers words,
If they find a cure for cancer .... There will always be something else out there that will kill you. Universal flu vaccine where are you now.......??????
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Nipah Virus (NiV) InfectionGrey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) Photo by Chi Liu Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. |
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Yes thats what got me interested ...................
extreme LEFT FIELD,and 70% wow what a place for an outbreak....... 1.3 billion people live in India !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You beat me to posting that link. On first reading what struck me was
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Deadly Nipah virus claims victims in IndiaHealth officials in the south Indian state of Kerala say nine people have died in confirmed and suspected cases of the deadly Nipah virus. Three victims tested positive for the virus in the last fortnight. The results of the remaining six samples will be available later on Monday. Twenty five others have been hospitalised with symptoms of the infection in Kozhikode, officials said. Nipah is an infection which can be transmitted to humans from animals. There is no vaccination for the virus which has a mortality rate of 70%.
Nipah virus is also "top of the list" of 10 priority diseases that the WHO has identified as potentials for the next major outbreak. Kerala's health secretary Rajeev Sadanandan told the BBC that a nurse who treated the patients had also died. "We have sent blood and body fluid samples of all suspected cases for confirmation to National Institute of Virology in Pune. So far, we got confirmation that three deaths were because of Nipah," he said. "We are now concentrating on precautions to prevent the spread of the disease since the treatment is limited to supportive care." Fruit bats are mainly considered to be the natural host of the virus. Health officials say they have found mangoes bitten by bats in a home, where three people have died of the suspected infection. What is Nipah virus?
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