Uwishema Olivier, Wellington Jack, Berjaoui Christin, Muoka Kamsi Olivia, Onyeaka Chinyere Vivian Patrick, Onyeaka Helen
Oli Health Magazine Organization, Research and Education, Kigali, Rwanda.
Clinton Global Initiative University, New York, USA.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Sep 8;82:104599. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104599. eCollection 2022 Oct.
In the past two decades, countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, and India have recorded several cases of Nipah virus (NiV) infection. Following the 2018 NiV outbreak in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India that claimed 17 lives, there has been a recent re-emergence of the virus in the same district, causing the recently reported death of a 12-year-old boy. Accordingly, population panic has heightened as inhabitants of these areas try to together combat the existing COVID-19 pandemic alongside the emerging NiV infection. Although the rate of transmission of NiV is low as compared to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), scientists suggest a higher mortality rate from NiV infection. In this manuscript, we aim to discuss the NiV infection in India as well as suggest recommendations to contain and ameliorate the severe impact of the virus on affected populations.
在过去二十年里,马来西亚、新加坡、孟加拉国和印度等国已记录了数例尼帕病毒(NiV)感染病例。2018年印度喀拉拉邦科泽科德区爆发尼帕病毒疫情,导致17人死亡,最近该病毒在同一地区再次出现,造成一名12岁男孩死亡。因此,随着这些地区的居民试图在抗击现有的新冠疫情的同时共同应对新出现的尼帕病毒感染,民众恐慌情绪加剧。尽管与2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)相比,尼帕病毒的传播率较低,但科学家指出尼帕病毒感染的死亡率更高。在本手稿中,我们旨在讨论印度的尼帕病毒感染情况,并提出建议以控制和减轻该病毒对受影响人群的严重影响。