Understanding transmission is time-sensitive for developing effective disease prevention strategies, experts stress. Health experts and physicians have raised concerns about the deadly Nipah virus’ transmission from animals to humans in Kerala’s northern districts.
In the latest case, a 42-year-old woman from Valanchery in Malappuram district is in a coma and continues to be supported by a ventilator after contracting the deadly virus.
However, it is still unclear as to how the virus is getting transmitted in Kerala during the annual outbreaks that have been occurring for the past seven years.