Posted on 05/28/2018 10:09:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The disease, which kills up to 75% of those infected, starts with flu-like symptoms and causes a brain-swelling condition known as encephalitis.
The virus has not yet spread beyond two areas in south India, according to officials, but they have issued a series of warnings to people living in the stricken towns where more than 200 people are being treated in hospitals. Over 25 people are under strict observation and another three are in a critical condition.
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There is no vaccine for nipah, which is listed alongside ebola and zika as one of eight priority diseases by the World Health Organisation, who believe it could cause a global epidemic.
No treatment is available beyond supportive care to make patients suffering from high fever, vomiting and convulsion feel comfortable. While officials believe this outbreak began with someone infected by a fruit bat, the ministry official said every subsequent infection came from human-to-human contact, sometimes passing to relatives or medical workers caring for the sick.
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How many of them would be sent by plane to the US if Obama was still president?
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