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“The second patient from the same family was admitted on May 17 and we obtained and tested a sample of the patient’s body fluids on May 18. Once the samples showed positive for Nipah, the medical community was immediately pressed into high alert.“The first patient died suddenly and we could not test,” Arunkumar said. This was obtained from the second patient and sent to the Manipal lab. BENGALURU: Microbiologist Dr G Arunkumar , who is at the forefront of the fight against the outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in the country, insists that there is no need to panic as measures to control its spread have been put in place. A sample of body fluids such as a throat swab, blood, urine and cerebral spinal fluid is needed to conduct a test..