Nipah virus infection in Kozhikode, Kerala, South India, in 2018: Epidemiology of an outbreak of an emerging disease
| العنوان: | Nipah virus infection in Kozhikode, Kerala, South India, in 2018: Epidemiology of an outbreak of an emerging disease |
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| المؤلفون: | V Bindu, Biju George, Bina Thomas, RS Rajasi, Priya Chandran, Binsu Vijayan, M P Lilabi, Anu Mohandas, V K Jayadev, Nimin Hafeez, C P Sivakumar |
| المصدر: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Vol 44, Iss 4, Pp 383-387 (2019) Indian Journal of Community Medicine : Official Publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, henipavirus, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Barrier nursing, Isolation (health care), nipah virus outbreaks, 030106 microbiology, acute encephalitis, kozhikode, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Case fatality rate, Epidemiology, Medicine, Infection control, 030212 general & internal medicine, business.industry, Transmission (medicine), lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Outbreak, lcsh:RA1-1270, Verbal autopsy, Original Article, business |
| الوصف: | Background: An outbreak of the rare and highly pathogenic Nipah virus infection occurred in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, during May 2018. Methodology: Outbreak control activities included laboratory case confirmation and isolation. Contact surveillance was initiated and close contacts were home quarantined for the maximum incubation period of the disease. Field visits and verbal autopsy of the deaths were done to elicit the details of exposure. Results: Of the 18 confirmed cases, 16 succumbed (case fatality rate, 88.8%). The mean incubation period was 9 days. The transmission was person to person wherein the primary case served as a point source for 15 other cases including 2 health-care workers. The mean age of the affected cases was 41 years with male preponderance. More than 2600 contacts were under surveillance. The outbreak was contained within 3 weeks and declared closed by July the same year. Conclusion: Early detection of the outbreak and prompt isolation of cases along with strengthening of infection control practices and barrier nursing helped in containing the outbreak. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1998-3581 0970-0218 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9d4e5e599b17a7dd2a26a140e0921758 http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2019;volume=44;issue=4;spage=383;epage=387;aulast=Thomas |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9d4e5e599b17a7dd2a26a140e0921758 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19983581 09700218 |
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