The Asian country detected the first outbreak in June 2018when they registered 17 deaths in the affected districts Kozhikode and Mallapuram. It is a zoonotic virus, that is, it is transmitted mainly from animals to people.
It’s about a zoonotic virusthat is is transmitted mostly from animals to people and sometimes also from person to person and through contaminated food.
Most of the human infections were due to direct contact with sick pigs or their contaminated secretions. Transmission is believed to have occurred through respiratory droplets or of contact with nasopharyngeal secretions either fabrics of these sick animals. But also, the most likely source of the infection was the fruit consumption contaminated with urine or saliva from infected bats.
The World Health Organization (WHO) included it in the list of priority diseases for investigate for its epidemic potentialwith him ebola or the zika. So the question of whether it could expand and even, arrive in Argentina.
Nipah virus: could it reach Argentina?
According to WHO, Nipah was known for first time in 1999 during a outbreak among pig farmers in Malaysia and Singaporeso, as from that moment, should not spread in the world. Although, it is true that in a globalized world, A person who travels to where there is circulation could bring it to Argentinadoctors pointed out infectologists.
Furthermore, the specialists explained that today it is a virus that It is not spread around the worldhis risk is relatively low and It does not have the potential that the coronavirus hasbut what I could do it in the future.
Symptoms of the deadly virus that affects India
The WHO reported that the human infection can be asymptomatic either cause acute respiratory illness (mild or severe) or lethal encephalitis.
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The main symptoms they are flu: fever, headaches, myalgia, vomiting and sore throat. This can be followed by dizziness, drowsiness, alteration of consciousness and neurological signs indicating acute encephalitis. Some people may also suffer atypical pneumonia and serious breathing problems, such as acute dyspnea. Furthermore, in the serious cases appear encephalitis and convulsions, progressing to coma in 24 to 48 hours.
It is believed that the incubation period ranges between 4 and 14 days. However, incubation periods of up to 45 days were recorded.
Most who survive acute encephalitis make a full recovery. But, “approximately 20% of patients are left with residual neurological sequelae, such as seizures and personality changes“, is highlighted in the report of the organization.
There is no preventive vaccineso doctors can only deal with symptomatic treatment, and mortality rate is up to 70%according to him Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Source: Ambito
