Nipah Virus Infection (NiV)

As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the Nipah virus is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and human beings. This virus was first identified in Malaysia and Singapore in 1998. At that time, it was primarily caused in pigs and through them got transferred to humans. It infected about 265 people then, out of which 40% were taken under Intensive Care due to infection having spread severely. It has reportedly claimed 11 lives already in the state of Kerala. As quoted by the WHO, the natural hosts of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus. There is no vaccine for either humans or animals available to prevent from getting this infection.

Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.

Herpes (Simplex, Progenitalis, Labialis, Zoster)

Herpes is a viral infection disease. The Herpes virus affecting the genitals is often transmitted by sexual contact. The virus (Type 1) is known to be transmitted by a respiratory route, while the virus (Type 2) is through sexual contact. Some of the patients exhibit the symptoms due to the virus while many have the virus residing silently in the sacral ganglion without showing any indications of its presence.

Most of the suffers have recurring infections, as the virus has a tendency to show its disease activities periodically, especially during the phases of stress, lowered immunity or without any known reason. Due to carefree sex and careless contact, this infection is bound to touch an epidemic status one day.

Dengue

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue is spread by several species of mosquito of the Aedes type, principally A. aegypti.