Nipah virus or NiV infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease both in animals and humans.
Mode of transmission
Fruit bats of Pteropodidae family,Pteropus genus are the main cause of this disease.
At first the pigs were the intermediate host.
Later,humans became infected with NiV as a result of consuming date palm sap that had been contaminated by infected fruit bats.
Human to human transmission is also identified.
Signs and Symptoms
Incubation period is 5 -14 days.
Fever
Headache
Dizziness
Altered mental state
Cough
Stomach pain
Nausea
Vomiting
Muscle aches
Acute respiratory syndrome.The chances of getting Fetal encephalitis is more.
Patient condition can change to coma stage with in 24-48 hours.
Prevention
No vaccines either for humans or animals as such.
The primary treatment for human care is intensive supportive care.
Dr.Renju T George,
Dr.Renju's Dental Clinic,
Pipeline,Palarivattom,
Cochin,
India.
Mode of transmission
Fruit bats of Pteropodidae family,Pteropus genus are the main cause of this disease.
At first the pigs were the intermediate host.
Later,humans became infected with NiV as a result of consuming date palm sap that had been contaminated by infected fruit bats.
Human to human transmission is also identified.
Signs and Symptoms
Incubation period is 5 -14 days.
Fever
Headache
Dizziness
Altered mental state
Cough
Stomach pain
Nausea
Vomiting
Muscle aches
Acute respiratory syndrome.The chances of getting Fetal encephalitis is more.
Patient condition can change to coma stage with in 24-48 hours.
Prevention
No vaccines either for humans or animals as such.
The primary treatment for human care is intensive supportive care.
Dr.Renju T George,
Dr.Renju's Dental Clinic,
Pipeline,Palarivattom,
Cochin,
India.
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