Clinico-epidemiological presentations and management of Nipah virus infection during the outbreak in Kozhikode district, Kerala state, India 2023

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India experienced its sixth Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak in September 2023 in the Kozhikode district of Kerala state. The NiV is primarily transmitted by spillover events from infected bats followed by human-to-human transmission. The clinical specimens were screened using real-time RT-PCR, and positive specimens were further characterized using next-generation sequencing. We describe here an in-depth clinical presentation and management of NiV-confirmed cases and outbreak containment activities. The current outbreak reported a total of six cases with two deaths, with a case fatality ratio of 33.33%. The cases had a mixed presentation of acute respiratory distress syndrome and encephalitis syndrome. Fever was a persistent presentation in all the cases. The Nipah viral RNA was detected in clinical specimens until the post-onset day of illness (POD) 14, with viral load in the range of 1.7-3.3 × 104 viral RNA copies/mL. The genomic analysis showed that the sequences from the current outbreak clustered into the Indian clade similar to the 2018 and 2019 outbreaks. This study highlights the vigilance of the health system to detect and effectively manage the clustering of cases with clinical presentations similar to NiV, which led to early detection and containment activities.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

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Journal of medical virology - 96(2024), 3 vom: 30. März, Seite e29559

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

As, Anoop Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Sahay, Rima R [VerfasserIn]
Radhakrishnan, Chandni [VerfasserIn]
P, Shihabudheen [VerfasserIn]
Kandath, Sathishkumar [VerfasserIn]
Patil, Deepak Y [VerfasserIn]
Shete, Anita M [VerfasserIn]
M, Shamsudheen [VerfasserIn]
Ramakrishnan, Gayathri [VerfasserIn]
Moorkoth, Anitha Puduvail [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Nivedita [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Pragya D [VerfasserIn]
Godbole, Sheela [VerfasserIn]
Ramakrishnan, Lathika Velichapat [VerfasserIn]
Vadekkandiyil, Shameer [VerfasserIn]
Ekkalayil, Danish [VerfasserIn]
V, Nithasha [VerfasserIn]
Balakrishnan, Anukumar [VerfasserIn]
Pullor, Niyas K [VerfasserIn]
Asokan, Neelakandhan [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, Reena Kalathil [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Priyanka R [VerfasserIn]
Purayil, Sreejayan Meethale [VerfasserIn]
Mathew, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Kizhakkekandiyil, Rajaram [VerfasserIn]
Poovullathil, Jayesh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Ps, Kannan Sabarinath [VerfasserIn]
Pt, Ullas [VerfasserIn]
George, Kalpana [VerfasserIn]
Rahim, Asma [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Surendra [VerfasserIn]
S, Siba [VerfasserIn]
Mohandas, Sreelekshmy [VerfasserIn]
Rajan, Lekshmi S [VerfasserIn]
Ramachandran, Shamin Punnath [VerfasserIn]
Thampi, Seethu Ponnu [VerfasserIn]
Ashadevi [VerfasserIn]
Anish, Thekkumkara Surendran [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Priya [VerfasserIn]
Mohan, Anuja [VerfasserIn]
Vadakkayil, Bindu [VerfasserIn]
Koroth, Shaji Cheriya [VerfasserIn]
Hafeez, Nimin [VerfasserIn]
Sasi, Rajasi Ranjini [VerfasserIn]
Abraham, Minu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Encephalitis
Journal Article
Kerala‐India
Nipah virus
Outbreak
RNA, Viral
Secondary cases
Spillover

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.29559

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NLM370190963