NIPAH VIRUS Flashcards
1
Q
Recently two people are dead in which area india
A
Kozhikode,kerela
2
Q
How are we looking in matter
A
Surveillance and samples sent to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY
team of 4 experts seng to Kerela to assist State gov surveillance
3
Q
Kerela
A
Cm…pinarayi vijayan
State health…Veena george
4
Q
About NIPAH VIRUS
A
1st outbreaks-MALAYSIA(1998),
SINGAPORE(1999)
Zoonotic disease- spreads through animals.
First appeared in domestic pigs
Virus which caused nipah-ENCEPHALITIS….RNA (ribonucleic acid)
Family…Paramyxovoridae
Genus..Henipavirus
5
Q
Last case in kerela in?
A
2019
