An outbreak of a deadly virus in the southern Indian state of Kerala has been contained after taking 17 lives, according to officials.No additional cases of the Nipah virus, which can cause encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, or respiratory diseases, have been found, they said Thursday.Most of the fatalities occurred in the districts of Kozhikode and Mallapuram."We just have those patients who have been in contact with the dead ones, so there is no situation of it getting transmitted any further," said Prathap Somnath, vice principal of the Government Medical College in Kozhikode.As…READ FULL ARTICLE
