Kolkata: One soldier dies of suspected Nipah virus infection
Kolkata, May 30 (IBNS): One soldier has died of suspected Nipah virus infection, which claimed 13 lives in Kerala so far, in Kolkata, media reports said.
The soldier, Seenu Prasad, was posted at Fort William.
Prasad, who was admitted to hospital on May 20, died on Sunday.
His samples have been sent to Pune's National Institute of virology, the only agency to detect the deadly virus.
NIpah virus is borne by fruit bats and the infection is believed to have started with a family in Kozhikode.
Nipah was first identified in Malaysia in 1998.
Tourists have already been warned about visiting Kerala, the southern state of India.
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