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Nipah virus claimed the life of a minor boy and affected a girl in Joypurhat town on Friday.
Anik, a class one student of Al Hera Academy and School and son of one Alam Mondol of Natunhat Sardar para, died at Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital early Friday...
IEDCR is the national institute for conducting disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. It has been engaged in controlling disease and involved in researches on health events of public health importance.
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
'Nipah virus' kills 2
Star Online Report
Nipah virus claimed lives of two children of Joypurhat on Sunday, doctors suspect.
Touhid, 7, son of Anwar, and Marium, 6, daughter of Jahangir Mondol, of Sardarpara of Joypurhat died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital around 9:00am and 1:00am respectively, hospital sources said.
Marium was admitted to the hospital on Friday while Touhid on Saturday, reports our Rajshahi correspondent.
Family members said both the victims fell sick after drinking date juice from a same tree...
From 20 January 2012, two clusters of Nipah were identified in the Joypurhat Municipality area and Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district. A joint team of IEDCR and ICDDR,B are working in the field now. Till date (23 rd January 2012), the team identified 3 cases from the municipal area and 2 cases from Khetlal. All 5 cases have died. Laboratory tests for Nipah were done in IEDCR. All four samples collected from suspected cases were positive for Nipah.
IEDCR is the national institute for conducting disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. It has been engaged in controlling disease and involved in researches on health events of public health importance.
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Last summer the movie `Contagion’ showed the world how a bat virus might mutate, evolve, and eventually move into the human population. While the movie used a fictionalized MEV-1 virus, it was based on the all-too-real Nipah Virus, which first came to prominence in the 1990s after a deadly outbreak in Malaysia in 1998.
While human infections with Nipah (or its Australian cousin Hendra) have been relatively uncommon, when they have occurred they have proven particularly lethal, with fatality rates pushing 60%.
During the Malaysian outbreak in 1998, the virus jumped to local swine herds from bats, and along with infecting hundreds of people caused the loss over 100 lives. The virus was then exported via live pigs to Singapore, where 11 more people died.
Over the past decade, Nipah has sparked a number of small outbreaks across Southern Asia, although the most intense activity has been centered around Bangladesh.
Over the past 48 hours we’ve seen some reports coming out of Bangladesh indicating that several people have been infected with the Nipah virus. Nipah reports out of this region typically come between December and May.
Today, the IEDCR issued the following statement, indicating there have been 5 fatalities thus far.
Nipah Outbreak at Joypurhat in January 2012 From 20 January 2012, two clusters of Nipah were identified in the Joypurhat Municipality area and Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district. A joint team of IEDCR and ICDDR,B are working in the field now.
Till date (23 rd January 2012), the team identified 3 cases from the municipal area and 2 cases from Khetlal. All 5 cases have died. Laboratory tests for Nipah were done in IEDCR. All four samples collected from suspected cases were positive for Nipah.
Exactly how the Nipah virus is transmitted from human-to-human isn’t well understood, although it is thought to be mostly through direct contact with respiratory secretions or other bodily fluids.
For now - while Human-to-human transmission has been documented - only limited outbreaks have been reported.
During the initial outbreaks in Malaysia and Singapore, most human infections resulted from direct contact with sick pigs or their contaminated tissues. Transmission is thought to have occurred via respiratory droplets, contact with throat or nasal secretions from the pigs, or contact with the tissue of a sick animal.
In the Bangladesh and India outbreaks, consumption of fruits or fruit products (e.g. raw date palm juice) contaminated with urine or saliva from infected fruit bats was the most likely source of infection.
During the later outbreaks in Bangladesh and India, Nipah virus spread directly from human-to-human through close contact with people's secretions and excretions. In Siliguri, India, transmission of the virus was also reported within a health-care setting, where 75% of cases occurred among hospital staff or visitors. From 2001 to 2008, around half of reported cases in Bangladesh were due to human-to-human transmission.
Reducing the risk of infection in people
In the absence of a vaccine, the only way to reduce infection in people is by raising awareness of the risk factors and educating people about the measures they can take to reduce exposure to the virus.
Public health educational messages should focus on the following.
Reducing the risk of bat-to-human transmission. Efforts to prevent transmission should first focus on decreasing bat access to date palm sap. Freshly collected date palm juice should also be boiled and fruits should be thoroughly washed and peeled before consumption.
Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission. Close physical contact with Nipah virus-infected people should be avoided. Gloves and protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill people. Regular hand washing should be carried out after caring for or visiting sick people.
Reducing the risk of animal-to-human transmission. Gloves and other protective clothing should be worn while handling sick animals or their tissues, and during slaughtering and culling procedures.
While the Nipah Virus may not pose anywhere near as great of a threat to the world as a pandemic influenza, it does point out the need for increased surveillance and improved public health programs around the world.
Posted by Michael Coston at <a class="timestamp-link" href="http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2012/01/bangladesh-nipah-claims-5-lives.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2012-01-24T16:12:00-05:00">4:12 PM</abbr>
Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
Panic has gripped the residents of different villages in Khetlal and Sadar upazilas of Joypurhat district following death of four children infected with “Nipah virus” in three days from January 20 to January 22.
The dead are Anik Mondol, 7, son of Alam Mondol, Marium Begum, 7, daughter of Jahangir Hossain of Natunhaat Sardarpara in Joypurhat town, and Tohidul Islam, 8, son of Anwar Hossain of Dadra Jointigram, and Shakila Begum, 9, daughter of of Ikargara village in Khetlal upazila.
Anik died at Bogra Medical College and Hospital on January 20, Shakila at Joypur Sadar Hospital on January 21 and Marium and Tohidul at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital on January 22.
After blood sample test, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, confirmed that the four children were infected with deadly 'Nipah virus', civil surgeon (CS) office sources said.
District CS office quoting the family members of the four said they took date juice and then fell sick. Symptoms were high fever and headache, they added.
Besides, two more children were admitted to Joypurhat Modern Hospital with high fever and headache in the last 48 hours until 10:00am yesterday. They are Sabbir Hossain, 3, son of Ujjal Hossain, and Suraiya Ayrin, 5, daughter of Ayub Ali of Natunhaat Sardarpara in Joypurhat town.
There are undergoing treatments at an isolated ward at the hospital.
The district health department through loudspeakers on Tuesday urged the people not to have date juice that is considered as food of bats, carriers of Nipah virus.
Two separate teams of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control Research (IEDCR) on Tuesday visited Joypurhat Modern
Another Nipah suspect dies in Joypurhat
Thu, Jan 26th, 2012 10:08 pm BdST
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Joypurhat, Jan 26 (bdnews24.com) ? A young man has died in Joypurhat with symptoms of Nipah virus, taking the toll of such deaths in the district to six.
The victim, a sales representative with a pharmaceutical company, died at Joypurhat hospital on Thursday.
The district's civil surgeon Dr Mozammel Haque told bdnews24.com that the man had been admitted to the hospital a few days ago with severe fever and headache after taking date juice and plum.
The doctors later sent him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated, Dr Haque said. He passed away while on his way to the hospital, he added.
"We have sent the samples to IEDCR (the Institute of Epidemiology Diseases Control and Research) to confirm whether the deadly virus caused his death," the civil surgeon said.
The hospital authorities also sent blood samples of three children who are currently under treatment to the IEDCR, he said...
Jaipurhat kindergartens shut as Nipah panic spreads
Our Correspondent . Jaipurhat
All kindergartens in Jaipurhat were closed as panic gripped the area after a few people had died from Nipah virus infection recently.
The kindergartens were closed for four to seven days, school authorities said. As a very small number of students attended schools in the past week, the authorities decided to keep the schools closed.
Many parents also sent their children to their relatives? in other districts, local people said.
One more died, meanwhile, died from suspected Nipah infection in the district on Thursday, taking to six the number of such death in the recent Nipah infection outbreak.
The deceased was Ferdaus Alam, 38, a medical representative of Apex Pharmaceuticals.
The civil surgeon, Mozammel Haque, said that Ferdaus Alam had suffered from fever. ?His family said that he had fallen sick after he had drunk date juice.?
Ferdaus was admitted to Jaipurhat General Hospital with fever and acute headache and he was referred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated, he added.
Ferdaus died on his way to Rangpur, Mozammel said.
Nipah? Avoid date with raw date sap
Fri, Jan 27th, 2012 8:23 pm BdST
Nurul Islam Hasib
bdnews24.com senior correspondent
Dhaka, Jan 27 (bdnews24.com) ? As nipah strikes back, with at least five deaths reported so far in Joypurhat district in northern Bangladesh, prospects of fresh outbreaks of this fruit bat-borne viral infection looms large, according to health department officials.
While experts say a simple measure ? not drinking raw date juice ? can prevent the virus from infecting, government records show it has killed 155 of 201 infected, spreading from one district to another, since 2001, when the virus first struck as an 'unknown' ailment.
"It is totally preventable if we avoid drinking raw date sap," said Prof Mahmudur Rahman, director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), which oversees emerging and re-emerging diseases in Bangladesh.
"But once infected, we don't have a cure -- it's highly fatal. This year the fatality has been 100 percent so far," he said...
... All six infected people died inJoypurhat in this year's first outbreak of the disease last month.
As of Feb 7, nipah has killed 157 people out of 208 infected since 2001, when the virus first struck as an "unknown" ailment.
...
Though it is believed that border districts of India have the virus, reports are not available from the Indian government to confirm it. Replying a question, the minister said he would discuss the issue with his counterpart in India.
The health ministers of the neighbouring countries are expected to meet soon.
...
Updated - the only difference is the change from 5 to 6 deaths, not even the update date was changed. The rest is now oddly inconsistent:
Nipah Outbreak at Joypurhat in January 2012
From 20 January 2012, two clusters of Nipah were identified in the Joypurhat Municipality area and Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district. A joint team of IEDCR and ICDDR,B are working in the field now. Till date (23 rd January 2012), the team identified 3 cases from the municipal area and 2 cases from Khetlal. All 6 cases have died. Laboratory tests for Nipah were done in IEDCR. All four samples collected from suspected cases were positive for Nipah.
IEDCR is the national institute for conducting disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. It has been engaged in controlling disease and involved in researches on health events of public health importance.
Twitter: @RonanKelly13
The views expressed are mine alone and do not represent the views of my employer or any other person or organization.
BANGLADESH: Concern over deaths from incurable fruit bat disease
DHAKA, 13 February 2012 (IRIN) - An outbreak of the Nipah virus in northern Bangladesh has killed 30 people since the start of 2011, prompting national health warnings against the fatal pathogen spread by fruit bats. Everyone who got infected, died.
?Only by stopping the consumption of the raw sap, can this disease be stopped. Despite our many attempts at raising awareness, people are ignoring the warnings and as a result, are getting infected,? warned Health Minister A.F.M. Ruhal Haque.
Palm tree sap, often served fresh, is a popular drink in rural areas.
Six people from the northern Joypurhat District have died thus far in 2012 and 24 during the same period in 2011.
?In the last two years, the mortality rate has been 100 percent. Once the disease sets in, nothing much can be done,? Mahmudur Rahman, director of the non-governmental Dhaka-based Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), told IRIN...
Nipah virus kills 1
Source: The Daily Star, Staff Correspondent
Date: 10 February 2012
Nipah virus claimed the life of an SSC examinee at Patuakhali General Hospital yesterday. The victim,
Nargis Akhter, 16, daughter of Hasan Sikder of Gabua village under Patuakhali Sadar upazila, was
appearing in the ongoing SSC examinee from Gabua Janata High School. Family and hospital sources said
Nargis fell sick after having date juice at around 8:00am. She was taken to the hospital where she died at
around 1:30pm.
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