date:Sep 07, 2018
ite regarding the registration of an outbreak of the Nipah virus.
The main host of this disease is the fruit bat, where the virus is transmitted through secretions from the bat to the fruit it feeds on or touches.
WHOs website also reported the outbreak of the first NiV disease in Keralas Kozhikode district. Within nine days, there were 12 suspected cases, 16 confirmed cases and 14 deaths. Kozhikode was one of the two most affected districts, the other being Mallapuram.