双语早读 | 尚无疫苗及疗法! 印度又一人因感染该病毒死亡
印度南部喀拉拉邦一名24岁的学生死于尼帕病毒,当地一名医疗官员16日表示,与这名学生有过接触的151人正在接受观察,以防止该致命病毒的传播。这是自7月以来喀拉拉邦第二例尼帕病毒死亡病例。
尼帕病毒(Nipah virus, NiV)是一种人畜共患的烈性RNA病毒,最早于1998年在马来西亚被发现,长期以来被世界卫生组织列为全球高风险病原体。目前尚无疫苗可以预防感染,也没有治愈方法。
The student starting showing fever symptoms on Sept. 4 and died five days later, said R. Renuka, a district medical officer in the town of Malappuram, located in northern Kerala.
Five other people who have developed primary symptoms of a Nipah infection have had blood samples drawn and they were sent for tests, she said, without saying if they were primary contacts of the dead person.
Nearly 151 people are being monitored for any symptoms after they were found to be on the primary contact list of the victim, who had come from Bengaluru, she said.
This is the second death from a Nipah infection in Malappuram this year after a 14-year-old boy succumbed in July.
Nipah has been linked to the deaths of dozens of people in Kerala since its first appearance in the state in 2018.