Ever come across a term that sounds like it’s straight out of a sci-fi novel? "Chandipura vesiculovirus" is one of those names that could easily be mistaken for a villain in a superhero movie. But don’t worry, it's not part of some new alien invasion plot—just a virus that is worth knowing about, especially if you are living in certain parts of India.
The virus was found accidentally while investigating patients suffering from fever in Chandipura village in northern Maharashtra, near Nagpur district, for dengue or chikungunya virus etiology, and was thus named Chandipura Virus (Bhatt and Rodrigues, 1967). It affects mostly children and is transmitted by vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks and sand flies. Chandipura vesiculovirus is a member of the Rhabdoviridae family that is associated with an encephalitic illness, Chandipura encephalitis or Chandipura viral encephalitis, in humans.Among the different....
