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31/05/22 08:27 AM IST

Kerala man succumbs to West Nile fever

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  • A middle-aged man who was diagnosed with West Nile fever reportedly died in Thrissur district in Kerala.
West Nile Virus 
  • It is a member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of the family
  • It is a single-stranded RNA virus.
  • It was first isolated in a woman in the West Nile district of Uganda in 1937.
  • It is commonly found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America and West Asia.
  • Older people, children and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk.
  • It spreads from birds to humans with the bite of an infected Culex mosquito.
Source- PIB 

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