Chandipora virus: Seven confirmed cases reported in Gujarat

The state health department in a new bulletin said that the state has recorded a total of 58 suspected cases in 20 regions and cities of the state.    

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has recorded seven confirmed cases of Chandipur encephalitis virus (CHPV) in six districts, the government said on Friday.   Meanwhile, the state has reported 20 deaths out of 58 suspected cases.        

The state health department said in a new bulletin that the state has recorded a total of 58 suspected cases in 20 districts and cities of the state.

He also informed that respiratory bronchitis virus infection was confirmed in seven out of 58 people. One each from Sabarkantha, Arabali, Panchmahal, Morbi and Vadodara and two confirmed HPV cases from Mehsana were reported.

With eight suspected cases and one death, Sabarkantha district has the highest number of cases where Health Minister Rushikesh Patel visited on Friday to take stock of the situation.

The state government is sending samples of suspected cases to the Pune-based National Institute of Virology for CHPV compliance.

Meanwhile, the government said health teams had screened 87,000 people as part of a preventive measure, including dusting 4,340 shacks with malathion powder, an insecticide, to prevent the spread of the virus.

CHPV is an RNA virus that belongs to the Rhabdoviridae family. It was first identified in Chandipura village in Maharashtra in 1956. It is transmitted by sandflies and mosquitoes.

The virus mainly affects children below 15 years of age and its common symptoms are fever, vomiting, diarrhea etc.

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