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| Name | Kerala is on high alert as West Nile Virus cases reported from Kozhikode, Thrissur, Malappuram |
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| Video Discription | The West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne arbovirus of the family Flaviviridae, has become a cause of concern across Kerala, especially in Malappuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur districts. The state has reported 12 confirmed and 4 suspected cases in the last week, triggering widespread panic. The state is now under high alert amid reports that WNV is spreading around the world and causing human infections in every continent except Antarctica. West Nile virus is a single-stranded RNA virus transmitted mainly by mosquitoes, which shares similarities with viruses causing Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever. The virus is maintained in nature in a cycle involving transmission between birds and mosquitoes. It also infects humans, horses and other mammals. The virus gets transmitted from person to person through the biting of infected Culex mosquitoes, which acquire the virus from infected birds (mostly migratory). The incubation period of the virus is between three and fourteen days. The disease is asymptomatic in 80% of the infected people. About 1 in 5 people who are infected develop a fever with other symptoms such as headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash. The scariest part of the disease is that no vaccination specific to WNV is available yet. The only treatments administered to neuroinvasive WNV sufferers are supportive remedies. The virus is typically lethal in those who have comorbidities as well as immunocompromised individuals, according to TS Anish, a public health expert and the nodal officer for the Kerala Disaster Management Authority. In most countries, the peak of WNV infections correlates with the time of year when mosquito vectors are at their most active and the temperature of the surrounding environment is high enough for the virus to multiply. Recent climate change and raging floods have possibly resulted in copious vector-borne infectious diseases in the state, according to a 2022 study in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery The health minister Veena George told DTE that a state-level mechanism is already in place to advise doctors, nurses and paramedical staff on how to treat patients with the disease and administer medicines. She also said that there is no need for people to panic because the state has been experiencing the presence of the virus since 2011 and is completely prepared to cope with any critical situation. Down to Earth is Science and Environment fortnightly published by the Society for Environmental Communication, New Delhi. We publish news and analysis on issues that deal with sustainable development, which we scan through the eyes of science and environment. |
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