Chandipura Virus Outbreak: 41 Cases Confirmed In Gujarat, Know Symptoms To Watch

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has
eco ded
41
labo ato y-co fi med
Cha dipu a
vi us
cases
a d
27
deaths
si ce
the
cu e t
su veilla ce
pe iod
bega
o
Ju e
30,
acco di g
to
the
latest
state
health
depa tme t
data
eleased
o
F iday.
As
of
5
p.m.
o
August
14,
a
total
of
257
suspected
Cha dipu a
vi us
cases
had
bee
epo ted
ac oss
the
state.
Labo ato y
esults
have
bee
eceived
fo
246
of
the
suspected
cases,
while
epo ts
fo
11
samples
a e
still
awaited.

Of
the
samples
tested
so
fa ,
41
have
etu ed
positive
fo
Cha dipu a
vi us.
The
latest
figu es
i dicate
a
sig ifica t
i c ease
f om
ea lie
i
the
outb eak.
O
July
21,
the
state
had
epo ted
63
suspected
cases,
of
which
12
we e
co fi med,
with
eight
test
esults
pe di g.
Health
autho ities
had
i te sified
su veilla ce,
pa ticula ly
i
affected
a eas,
a d
u de take
vecto -co t ol
measu es
a ou d
homes
a d
cattle
sheds.

Cha dipu a
vi us
is
a
vecto -bo e
i fectio
associated
with
Acute
E cephalitis
Sy d ome
(AES)
a d
p edomi a tly
affects
child e .
The
vi us
is
t a smitted
mai ly
th ough
i fected
sa dflies,
with
outb eaks
te di g
to
occu
i
pa ts
of
ce t al
a d
weste
I dia.

The
Natio al
Ce t e
fo
Disease
Co t ol
has
oted
that
the
vi us
ca
cause
sudde
feve
a d
eu ological
symptoms,
with
child e
below
15
pa ticula ly
vul e able.
Health
autho ities
have
bee
co ducti g
su veilla ce
a d
co tai me t
activities
i
affected
a eas,
i cludi g
doo -to-doo
sc ee i g
a d
measu es
to
co t ol
sa dflies.

Du i g
the
ea ly
phase
of
the
cu e t
outb eak,
officials
said
su veilla ce
had
bee
expa ded
ac oss
affected
villages,
with
i secticide
sp ayi g,
clea li ess
d ives
a d
awa e ess
activities
fo mi g
pa t
of
the
espo se.
The
latest
outb eak
comes
two
yea s
afte
Guja at
was
amo g
the
states
wo st
affected
by
a
majo
Cha dipu a
outb eak.

No
specific
a tivi al
t eatme t
o
vacci e
cu e tly
exists
fo
Cha dipu a
vi us.
Sudde
feve ,
vomiti g,
seizu es,
alte ed
me tal
status
a d
othe
eu ological
symptoms
ca
p ecede
apid
dete io atio ,
maki g
ea ly
medical
assessme t
impo ta t.
P eve tive
measu es
focus
o
educi g
exposu e
to
sa dflies
th ough
p otective
clothi g,
ets
a d
epelle ts,
alo g
with
sa itatio
a d
vecto -co t ol
measu es.

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