Kerala / Seven-year-old Kerala boy, who tested positive for West Nile Virus, dies in Kozhikode

Hindustan Times : Mar 18, 2019, 01:13 PM
A seven-year-old boy in Kerala’s Malappuram district who had tested positive for West Nile Virus died in Kozhikode medical college on Monday morning, hospital sources said. West Nile Virus is a disease which spreads from birds to humans with the bite of an infected Culex mosquito. The symptoms include cold, fever, bodyache, fatigue & nausea, with complications leading to meningitis & death. No other case has been yet

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