Where did Chandipura virus come from that is causing death to children? Virologist told the horoscope, these are the symptoms and treatment

After getting rid of the clutches of Corona virus, now India’s indigenous virus, Chandipura virus is wreaking havoc on children. After the death of 6 children from Chandipura virus in Gujarat, there is panic all over the country regarding this disease. Although many people have definitely heard the name of this virus now, but according to health experts, this virus has been spreading epidemics in some states from time to time by making its presence in India for about 60 years. The special thing is that this is a completely indigenous virus, which originated in India itself, it was named here and it keeps infecting children and killing them here.

Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research Director and well-known New Delhi based Virologist Professor Suneet K Singh Dr. Suneet K. Singh says that this virus is very dangerous. It affects the brain. Apart from going into a coma, it can also cause death. Let us know the full horoscope of this virus from Dr. Suneet K. Singh through questions and answers.

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Question: Where did this virus come from and why was it named Chandipura?
answer- The first outbreak of this virus happened in 1964-65 in Chandipura village in Nagpur, Maharashtra. This virus was not found anywhere else in the world. That is why it was named Chandipura virus.

Question- How many cases of this disease have been reported so far? How many deaths have occurred?
answer. Since its first outbreak, sporadic cases have been coming up. As per media reports, 6 children have died from this disease this season.

Question. Where else in the world has Chandipura virus spread apart from India?
answer- It is only in India. Cases of Chandipura virus have not been found in any country in the world. In India too, its outbreak occurred in Chandipura village of Nagpur, Maharashtra. After that, it is spreading infection in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan as well.

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Question: At what age does this virus affect most of its victims?
answer- It mostly affects children aged 15 years or younger.

Question- What are its symptoms?
answer- The symptoms of Chandipura virus are usually similar to flu or Japanese encephalitis to a great extent. If infected by this, there will be neck cramps, high fever, vomiting etc. and if the patient gets infected in a very advanced stage, he goes into coma. Many times the patient even dies.

Question- Does this virus affect the brain?
answer- This virus is also dangerous because it directly affects the brain. During infection with this virus, the impression of brain microphages increases, this virus increases inflammation in the brain, due to which the patient even goes into coma.

Question: Chandipura virus belongs to which family?
answer. It belongs to the rabies virus family RHAPDOVIRIDAE.

Question- How does Chandipura virus spread?
answer- This is a vector borne disease. It is mainly spread by a small adult fly of golden and brown colour, about 3 mm long. When a fly infected with this virus bites a child and the virus reaches the blood through its saliva, the child gets infected. However, in some cases it has also been seen that it is also spread by mosquitoes. The main carrier that spreads it is the sand fly. While cases of Chandipura virus have also been reported from mosquito species Aedes and Culex.

Question- Does this virus cause more deaths?
answer- From 1964-65 till now, it has been observed that the mortality rate of this virus is high. Many children face the problem of going into coma after getting infected by it. The scientific fact behind this virus being so dangerous is that just like other viruses infect us sometimes, our body develops immunity against them, but since this was spread only in one place of one state and was isolated and it did not spread the infection to many people, a strong immunity could not be formed in the body to fight it and when it started spreading in other states, it also started causing deaths.

Question- Is there any treatment for this?
answer. It has only symptomatic treatment. The doctor prescribes medicine according to the symptoms that appear. There is no vaccine for this, nor are there many medicines. In such a situation, there are some antiviral drugs that doctors give to cure patients.

Question- Can it spread everywhere in India…
answer- Absolutely. Earlier it was spread only in a village of Maharashtra but now it is being seen that it is spreading. It can spread wherever the infected carriers go. Like earlier dengue was reported only in South Asia but now its cases are being found in America. Similarly, this virus is and can spread.

Question: Does the virus have anything to do with climate?
answer. Since it is spread by flies and mosquitoes, the virus can show its effect in the season when there is an infestation of flies and mosquitoes and their breeding is more.

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