India dice tener controlados los casos de Nipah, el virus mortal que se transmite de animales a personas
Con una letalidad que puede alcanzar el 75% y ante la ausencia de una vacuna, el Ministerio de Salud de India anunció haber logrado una "contención oportuna" de un brote del virus Nipah en Bengala Occidental.
TL;DR
- India's Ministry of Health has achieved "timely containment" of a Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal.
- Two cases were confirmed, triggering an emergency protocol that identified 196 contacts who all tested negative.
- Enhanced surveillance, lab testing, and field investigations were conducted to curb the spread of the zoonotic disease.
- The Nipah virus, transmitted from animals to humans, has a fatality rate between 40% and 75%.
- Previous outbreaks in India include West Bengal in 2001 and Kerala in 2018 and 2023.