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On March 11, Muhammed Shan, a resident of Azad Nagar, was admitted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (KMCH) after confirmation of the presence of the virus. He died around 3 am on Monday.
Following the reporting of the disease, the district health administration had issued a special districtwide alert against the disease, which is usually transmitted by Qulex mosquitoes. Given reports of a viral infection, a central health team visited Nagar and Munniyur AR regions on Friday and Saturday and took mosquito and bird samples for thorough laboratory examinations.
West Nile fever is a relatively unknown viral infection in the region. The prevalence of the virus increased in Alappuzha and parts of Kottayam in 2006 during the Chikungunya epidemic. A suspected case of illness was also reported in a 24-year-old woman in Kozhikode last year. But it is the first time that a death due to the virus is reported in this state.
Following the death of a boy, the Minister of Health gave a special directive Monday to the director of public health to take immediate preventive measures. She said that there was no reason to panic.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), West Nile virus is primarily transmitted to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes and can cause fatal neurological disease or even death. Birds are the natural hosts of West Nile virus. The human infection often results from bites from infected mosquitoes, infected when they feed on infected birds, which circulate the virus in their blood for a few days, says the website's Web site. WHO. According to the WHO, no human-to-human transmission of WNV through casual contact has been documented. Symptoms of infection include fever, headache, fatigue, body aches, nausea, vomiting, etc.
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