India has curbed public gatherings and shut some schools in the southern state of Kerala after two people died of Nipah, a virus from bats or pigs that causes deadly fever, officials said Thursday.
ranging from 40 to 75 percent, according to the World Health Organization., but severe cases can involve seizures and encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, and result in a coma.who came in contact with those infected are under observation, health officials said.
At least four people have been hospitalized, including the nine-year-old child of one of the victims.or pigs, Nipah is also spread from person to person, the WHO said.—the time from infection to the onset of symptoms—ranges from around four to 14 days, but has been reported to be as long as 45 days, according to the WHO.The virus was first identified in 1998 after it spread among pig farmers in Malaysia. In India, the first Nipah outbreak was reported in the state of West Bengal in 2001.
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