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Dr A S Anoop Kumar, an expert on infectious diseases and tropical fevers at Aster MIMS Hospital, Kozhikode, was instrumental in detecting the Nipah virus both in 2018, when Kerala saw its first outbreak, and now, as it handles a new set of infections. Excerpts from an interview:
Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which there is no vaccine, and which spreads through contact with the body fluids of infected bats, pigs or people, killing up to 75% of those infected. "We are testing human beings ... and at the same time experts are collecting fluid samples from forested areas that could be the hotspot for the spread,&...
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