Thiruvananthapuram: The first episode of nipah is caused by contact bat directly to humans.
The case of the index is animal lovers and from the index case that has spread, said Dr.
Anoop Kumar, who detected the first Nipah case in 2018 in Kozhikode.
Because it has symptoms like Covid, we must be very careful now, especially when the death rate is very high, he said.
“Finding the source of the nipah is important.
There are three opportunities for the spread – the bat directly into humans, humans to humans or from bats to animals then to humans.
In the first episode of Nipah, it is a direct bat to humans.
The case of the index is a lover of animals and found that He has come into contact with infected bats, “said Dr.
Anoop Kumar A, a critical care expert at the Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode.
In this case, this child was taken to three hospitals and he was accepted in the general ICU.
Therefore, there is a possibility of health workers and other ICU patients may enter directly contact.
Therefore the key is to isolate all people who enter direct contact.
Because the death rate is high, it is more important to isolate these people and to monitor constantly, he said.
“This is a droplet infection and therefore can be spread through pigs, cats and dogs.
Therefore, people come into contact with such animals where high bat populations are below extraordinary risks.
Nipah has the same symptoms as Covid .
Therefore, those who test covid-negative but if symptoms still survive, then they must be tested immediately for nipah too, “said Dr.
Anoop.
It will not spread like a pandemic and will be limited to certain areas of which the index case has been reported.
Direct contact insulation and maintain social distance is the only way to prevent the spread, he added.
On May 17, 2018, a 28-year-old child was hospitalized and patients had developed myocarditis and severe blood circulation failure.
Dr.
Anoop and his team decided to send samples to the Manipal Virology Institute for the diagnosis.
But patients died on May 18 and the results were positive for nipah.
During the outbreak, 19 were infected, where 17 surrendered to nipah.