The death of a four-year-old girl in Gujarat was caused by the Chandipura virus, a health department official said on Wednesday citing a Pune-based virology institute’s report, making it the first such fatality in the state, where 13 other patients are also suspected to have succumbed to the infection.
So far, 29 suspected cases of the Chandipura virus, whose patients show flu-like symptoms, have been reported in Gujarat, the state health department said.
“Of them, 14 patients have died. Their swab samples were sent to the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) for testing and confirmation of the Chandipura virus,” the department said in a statement.