🔺 give your explanation about Nipah virus?
There is no effective treatment ....mainly supportive treatment only..... but ribavarin allievate the symptoms of nausea, vomiting and convulsions.... prevention is by avoiding exposure to bats in endemic areas and sick pigs
The Nipah virus is a type of RNA virus in the genus Henipavirus. It can both spread between people and from other animals to people. Spread typically requires direct contact with an infected source. The virus normally circulates among specific types of fruit bats.
The symptoms start to appear within 3–14 days after exposure. Initial symptoms are fever, headache, drowsiness followed by disorientation and mental confusion. These symptoms can progress into coma as fast as in 24–48 hours. Encephalitis, inflammation of the brain, is the dreaded complication of nipah virus infection. Respiratory illness can also be present during the early part of the illness.
Laboratory diagnosis of Nipah virus infection is made using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from throat swabs, cerebrospinal fluid, urine and blood analysis during acute and convalescent stages of the disease. IgG and IgM antibody detection can be done after recovery to confirm Nipah virus infection
Symptoms.. Headache, high Fever, brain damage, abnormal behaviors. Last coma stage
