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J Assoc Physicians India
; 66(10): 63-67, 2018 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31317711
ABSTRACT
During May 2018 there occurred an outbreak in Kerala, which started in Soopikkada Village, Changarothu Grama Panchayath in Perambra Taluk, Kozhikode district, of a febrile illness with altered sensorium and ARDS. The diagnosis was made from the second case that it is the dreaded nipah infection. Following that 18 cases tested positive for nipah virus infection of which 2 survived. Also there were four deaths with similar clinical picture but which occurred before the virus was identified. They were considered as probable cases.
Subject(s)
Epidemics , Henipavirus Infections/epidemiology , Nipah Virus , Disease Outbreaks , Humans , India , Research Design
2.
N Z Med J
; 130(1453): 71-73, 2017 04 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28384150