The year 2024 is in its last phase. We will talk about some of the diseases of this year which have become memorable. Today we will talk about which new diseases have spread in India this year.
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Year Ender 2024: Which new diseases have spread in India in the year 2024. Today we will talk about some special memories of this past year. We will talk about which diseases made headlines in India this year. Outbreaks of Nipah, Zika, Crimean-Congo bleeding fever and Kyasanur forest disease have been reported for a decade and now we are facing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nipah virus : A zoonotic paramyxovirus that is endemic to Southeast Asia. The first outbreak in India occurred in Kerala in May 2018. The virus is transmitted by bats or pigs.
Zika virus: Transmitted by Aedes aegypti, the first outbreak in India occurred in Kerala in July 2021.
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF): A virus that has caused outbreaks in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh.
Chandipura virus: Transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks and sand flies, the first outbreak in India occurred in Maharashtra in 1965.
Dengue: Transmitted by Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus, the first outbreak in India occurred in Chennai in 1780.
Japanese encephalitis: an emerging viral infection in India.
Other emerging viral infections in India include: hantavirus, chikungunya virus, human enterovirus-71 (EV-71), influenza, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus. Most outbreaks reported in India occur in the western part of the country.
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