IN FOCUS
THE NIPAH TERROR
18
People have died
yet as confirmed
on June 3rd
70.4%
Mortality Rate in
two earlier
outbreaks of
Nipah Virus in
West Bengal
where 71 cases
were reported in
February 2001 and
5 Cases in Nadia
in April 2007
4
Districts in Northern Kerala -
Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad
and Kannur are isolated for travellers
by the state Government.
The virus broke out
likely through Fruit
Bats, but Pigs could
also be the vectors. In
February, World
Health Organisation
in its list for disease
for which "there is
urgent need for
accelerated research
and development".
There is no vaccine
for virus which first
emerged in Malaysia
in the year 1998.