3. HISTORY
• 1999 : Nipah virus (NiV) first isolated in Malaysia and Singapore in outbreak among pig
farmers
• India – 2 outbreaks in 2001 and 2007 – West Bengal
• 2001 : Siliguri village – human to human transmission
• 2018 : Kerala – Calicut – 19 cases , 17 deaths
• 2019 : Kerala - Ernakulam – 1 case 17 deaths
4. EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Agent : Nipah virus
• Family : Paramyxoviridae
• Genus : Henipavirus
• Structure : non-segmented ss RNA
helical nucleocapsid
AGENT FACTORS
5. • Fruit bats Pteropus (Reservoir host)
• Pigs and horses (Amplifier host)
• Humans
HOST FACTORS
6. • Winter and Spring season (December – May)
• Breeding season of bats
• Date palm harvesting season
ENVIRONMENT FACTORS
7. MODES OF TRANSMISSION
Direct transmission
• Pigs
• Human to human
• Bats
Indirect transmission
• Date palm sap
• Fruits
8. CLINICAL FEATURES
• Asymptomatic Acute respiratory infection Encephalitis
• Incubation period : 4 – 14 days
• Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)
• Influenza like illness
• Case fatality rate : 40 – 75%
• Sequelae : Residual neurological deficit
9. DIAGNOSIS
• All lab tests for acute febrile illness
• All lab tests for prevalent AES
• Early stage
• RTPCR – throat and nasal swabs, CSF, urine, blood
• Late stage
• Antibody detection by ELISA (IgG and IgM)
• Fatal cases
• Immunohistochemistry on tissues collected during autopsy
10. TREATMENT
• No drug or vaccine available
• Patient isolation
• Intensive supportive care – complications
• Ribavirin
12. PRECAUTIONS
• Maintain strict personal hygiene
• Droplet and contact precaution
• PPE
• Appropriate house keeping practice
• Safe collection and handling of lab samples
• Handle dead bodies accordance with govt advisory
HEATH CARE SETTING