Knowledge Nugget | Chandipura Virus: A silent viral threat behind India’s recent outbreaks

Take a look at the essential events, concepts, terms, quotes, or phenomena every day and brush up your knowledge. Here’s your UPSC Current Affairs knowledge nugget for today on Chandipura virus threat. The recent deaths of two children from Rajasthan and multiple laboratory-confirmed cases of Chandipura virus in Gujarat have prompted state health authorities to enhance surveillance. The outbreak has renewed focus on a rare little-known virus that particularly affects children and is dreaded for its high mortality rate. 1. Chandipura virus (CHPV) has reemerged as a serious human pathogen related to acute encephalitis outbreaks. As of Friday (July 24), nine confirmed CHPV deaths have been reported in the current outbreak, of which seven are from Gujarat and two from Rajasthan. 2. The CHPV in