Nipah virus infection

Nipah virus infection

class of disease

Subclass of	Henipavirus infectious disease, viral encephalitis, zoonosis
Has cause	Nipah virus
Health specialty	infectious diseases
Medical examination	ELISA
Drug or therapy used for treatment	ribavirin, remdesivir
Disease transmission process	Bat virome

Nipah virus infection be a zoonotic viral disease by de Nipah virus. Results of human contraction dey range from asymptomatic infection to influenza-like illness anaa even fatal encephalitis. Initial signs den symptoms, if any, dey include fever, headache, myalgia, vomiting den signs of respiratory illness such as coughing, a sore throat den difficulty breathing. Insyd severe cases patients fi develop encephalitis, wich fi lead to dizziness, drowsiness, altered consciousness den seizures. Patients plus dese symptoms fi fall into a coma within a day anaa two.

De Nipah virus (NiV) be a type of RNA virus insyd de genus Henipavirus, wich normally dey circulate among fruit bats of de genus Pteropus. Spread typically dey require direct contact plus an infected source; e fi both be spread between people den from oda animals to people. Diagnosis dey base on symptoms wey be confirmed by laboratory testing.

Management be restricted to supportive care; as of 2024 der be neither vaccine nor specific treatment. Preventive measures dey include avoiding exposure to bats den infected animals such as pigs, den no dey drink raw date palm sap. De case fatality rate be estimated between 40% den 75%.

Na dem first identify de de disease insyd 1998 by a team of researchers at de Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya during an outbreak insyd Malaysia. Na de majority of de patients insyd Malaysia dem diagnose plus de disease dem refer to wey dem treat at de University of Malaya Medical Centre. Na dem name de disease after a village insyd Malaysia, Sungai Nipah. Pigs sanso fi be infected, wey na dem cull millions by Malaysian authorities insyd 1999 to successfully stop de spread of de disease.