India is on high alert after a resurgence of the potentially deadly Nipah virus.
India is on high alert after a resurgence of the potentially deadly Nipah virus , which has killed at least two people in recent days and sparked the testing of hundreds more in southern Kerala state.
It’s the third time in five years that the brain-damaging virus, which can spread from bats and pigs to humans, has surfaced in the Kozhikode district of Kerala. In a 2018 outbreak, 21 people died before it was contained. The virus has previously been detected in countries including Singapore and Malaysia.
In the case of the Nipah outbreak in Malaysia, “agricultural intensification” was thought to have created a pathway for the virus to spread from fruitbats to pigs and then to humans. Zoonosis is common, accounting for more than six of out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people, according to the CDC.
Most of the time the infections cause limited disease, dying out without having a major impact. However, in the aftermath of Covid-19, more tracking systems now are in place and picking up novel pathogens.
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