Valachukeetil Moosa, 55, father of Mohammed Sadik and Mohammed Salih, who died of Nipah infection, is battling for life at a private hospital in the city. They said Mohammed Sadik and Mohammed Salih had died on May 5 and May 18 respectively. Senior doctors at the hospital confirmed that Moosa of Panthirikkara Sooppikkada in Changaroth grama panchayat near Perambra, had been infected with the rare virus. He added that Atifa, 19, Salih’s fiancée, who had tested negative for Nipah, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kochi. The samples of serum, sputum, and cerebrospinal fluid of the patient have been sent to the Manipal Centre for Virus Research to determine the suspected case.
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