Nipah Virus Explained: Mataas ang fatality rate at mga dapat mong malaman

Australia mahigpit na binabantayan ang Nipah virus outbreak sa India at nagbigay ng travel advisory sa mga babyahe papuntang Bangladesh.

Encephalitis and pneumonia caused by Nipah viruses, computer illustration. Nipah virus is zoonotic (transmitted to humans from animals) and was first found in Malaysia and Singapore in people who had close contact with pigs. It was initially isolated in 1999 upon examining samples from an outbreak of encephalitis and respiratory illness among adult men in those two countries. Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra

Key Points

• Sa India may 2 kumpirmadong kaso, higit 190 isinailalim sa quarantine.
• Ayon sa World Health Organisation 40% hanggang 75% ang fatality rate ng Nipah virus, sintomas nito ang lagnat, matinding sakit ng ulo, hirap sa paghinga at encephalitis o pamamaga ng utak.
• Sa Malaysia unang natuklasan ang Nipah virus, sa may sakit na baboy at ngayon maaaring mahawa sa prutas na kontaminado ng ihi o laway ng fruit bat.
• Ayon sa mga eksperto, mahalagang mag-ingat sa pagkain at inuming maaaring kontaminado ng fruit bat. Ipinapayo na huwag kumain ng prutas nang hindi binabalatan, at umiwas sa pag-inom ng hindi pinakuluan o pasteurised na mga inumin

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