Nipah breaks out again in Kerala
13-09-2023
By Admin
CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2023
Nipah breaks out again in Kerala
After 2018 and 2021, Kerala has again reported deaths from the Nipah virus in the Kozhikode district.
• It is a zoonotic virus, which means it is transmitted from animals to humans
• Fruit bats are considered to be a natural reservoir of the virus.
• The organism which causes Nipah Virus encephalitis is an RNA or Ribonucleic acid virus of the family Paramyxoviridae.
• It first broke out in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998 and 1999.
• Symptoms include acute encephalitis and respiratory illnesses.
• Currently, there are no vaccines for the virus.