Kerala Reports First Zika Virus Infection This Year, Samples Sent To Pune

New Delhi:

Kerala, which has been reporting a surge in coronavirus circumstances, has formally confirmed its first case of Zika virus – a mosquito-borne viral an infection.

Samples of 13 individuals, suspected to be constructive for Zika virus, have been despatched to the Nationwide Institute of Virology in Pune.

The signs of Zika virus embrace fever, pores and skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint ache, malaise, and headache.

The virus is unfold by means of the Aedes species of mosquitoes, which is present in excessive density throughout the state. Aedes mosquitoes, that are additionally carriers of dengue, breed in stagnant freshwater and relaxation largely indoors.

Zika virus has typically been linked to start defects and improvement of Guillain-Barre syndrome, the place one’s immune system assaults the nerves. Some individuals contaminated by it won’t present any indicators or signs. Nevertheless, in pregnant ladies the an infection can critically hurt the growing foetus and result in congenital anomalies.

At present, there aren’t any vaccines or remedy for Zika virus. The virus was first remoted in 1947 in Uganda’s zika forest.