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8:7:5, 10 January, 2025
Reovirus: Bangladesh reports its first cases
The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has detected reovirus in five people for the first time in the country.
Somoy National Desk
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IEDCR has advised to follow hygiene in the winter season and give special attention to children and the elderly, saying the virus is not concerning.
Professor Tahmina Shirin, IEDCR director said that the institute recently tested samples from 48 people with symptoms resembling Nipah virus. Among them, reovirus was found in five people.
She said that many encephalitis (brain inflammation) patients have been identified in the country, but the cause remains unknown. This research will aid in their treatment.
There are nine types of reoviruses, four of which are found in humans. The others have not yet been detected in humans. For the first time in the country, a bat-derived reovirus has been identified in humans.
Researchers said that reoviruses have been present in Bangladesh for a long time. They said that rotavirus, a well-known virus in the country, is also a type of reovirus...
8:7:5, 10 January, 2025
Reovirus: Bangladesh reports its first cases
The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has detected reovirus in five people for the first time in the country.
Somoy National Desk
1 Minute Read
IEDCR has advised to follow hygiene in the winter season and give special attention to children and the elderly, saying the virus is not concerning.
Professor Tahmina Shirin, IEDCR director said that the institute recently tested samples from 48 people with symptoms resembling Nipah virus. Among them, reovirus was found in five people.
She said that many encephalitis (brain inflammation) patients have been identified in the country, but the cause remains unknown. This research will aid in their treatment.
There are nine types of reoviruses, four of which are found in humans. The others have not yet been detected in humans. For the first time in the country, a bat-derived reovirus has been identified in humans.
Researchers said that reoviruses have been present in Bangladesh for a long time. They said that rotavirus, a well-known virus in the country, is also a type of reovirus...