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ReviewPLOS global public health2024

Pandemic potential of the Nipah virus and public health strategies adopted during outbreaks: Lessons from Kerala, India.

Thekkumkara Surendran Anish, Reghukumar Aravind, Chandni Radhakrishnan, Nivedita Gupta, Pragya D Yadav, Jerin Jose Cherian, Rima Sahay, Shubin Chenayil, Anoop Kumar A S, Anitha Puduvail Moorkoth and 6 more

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Review in PLOS global public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Thekkumkara Surendran AnishKerala One Health Centre for Nipah Research and Resilience, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6957-5895
Reghukumar AravindDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5332-0978
Chandni RadhakrishnanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Nivedita GuptaIndian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8573-0189
Pragya D YadavIndian Council of Medical Research- National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0861-7166
Jerin Jose CherianIndian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9548-7004
Rima SahayIndian Council of Medical Research- National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1492-5568
Shubin ChenayilDistrict Surveillance Officer, Malappuram, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-6086
Anoop Kumar A SAster MIMS, General Hospital, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8375-0215
Anitha Puduvail MoorkothDepartment of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4816-026X
AshadeviDepartment of Health Services, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Velichapat Ramakrishnan LathikaDepartment of Health Services, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Shamsudeen MoideenIQRAA International Hospital and Research Centre, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-0424
Sekhar Lukose KuriakoseKerala State Disaster Management Authority, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3784-0500
Kalathil Joseph ReenaDepartment of Health Services, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Thomas MathewDepartment of Medical Education, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kerala, a south Indian state witnessed several outbreaks of Nipah encephalitis since 2018, a zoonotic viral disease with significant pandemic potential. This review highlights the relevance of surveillance and health system preparedness, infection control, early diagnosis and treatment with broad-spectrum antivirals, environmental conservation, and community engagement in mitigating Nipah outbreaks. Additionally, it emphasises the importance of developing new biologicals and anti-viral drugs to combat the disease. The article discusses the available evidence on the spillover mechanisms, genetic attributes of the circulating virus, ecological factors, risk of hospital-based superspreading, treatment outcomes and successful strategies employed in Kerala in response to the recurrent Nipah outbreaks.

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