Epidemiological features and psychoneurological consequences of infection of people with the Nipah virus

Abstract

The lecture outlines modern ideas about the etiology, features of the epidemic process, mechanisms of damage to the human body, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infection caused by the Nipah virus. Particular attention is paid to the characteristics of individual outbreaks of the infectious process in various geographical regions of the world, early and long-term psychopathological, neurological and cognitive consequences due to human infection with the Nipah virus. The risk factors for the emergence and rapid spread of infection with a very high mortality rate, reaching 100%, are emphasized, which determines the high pandemic potential and hidden threats to human society. Recommendations are outlined for the prevention of transmission of infection caused by the Nipah virus at all levels: from animals to humans, from humans to humans, in medical institutions, which, in the absence of effective vaccine prevention and specific antiviral treatment, are the basis for containing the spread of the infectious process. In this regard, measures taken and planned to provide patients and contact persons with adequate medical and psychological care, features of the development and implementation of effective anti-epidemic, clinical diagnostic algorithms, timely and high-quality social and hygienic monitoring of environmental objects against the backdrop of increasing biological threats from outside, and within the country will minimize the risks of biological threats. The lecture is intended for doctors of various specialties, including infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists, general practitioners, neurologists, psychiatrists, laboratory diagnosticians, radiologists etc.