Summary

A mysterious virus is consuming human lives in northern Kerala. Fear, panic and uncertainty start sowing the seeds of misinformation among the communities.

Team

Executive Producer & Principal Investigator: Santosh Vijaykumar
Podcast Producer: Amrita Singh
Podcast Co-Producer: Aarti Sahasranaman
Graphic Designer: Swati Sharma

Music Credits

1. “Outside Visitors” by Sarah Santana
2. “Folk Secrets Music Project” by Vayali Bamboo Band
3. “Timelapsed Tides” by Asher Fulero
4. “Magical Glade” by Soul Candle
5. “Spirit of the Dead” by Aakash Gandhi
6. “Walk into the Village” by Vayali Bamboo Band

News Audio Clippings

1. Nipah Virus Claims 10 Lives In Kerala, 2 Critical (NDTV, May 2018)
2. Kerala's Battle With Nipah (CNBC-TV18, May 2018)
3. Deadly Nipah virus claims lives in India (Al Jazeera English, May 2018)
4. Nipah Virus Claims 2 More Lives In Kerala's Kozhikode; Death Toll Rises To 15 (NDTV, May 2018)
5. Is India Fully Equipped To Handle The Nipah Outbreak? | Faceoff With Zakka Jacob (CNN-News18, June 2019)

References

1. “How Sabith contracted Nipah virus: Kerala anthropologist traces first victim’s life”, The News Minute, October 4, 2018
2. “Tracking Nipah outbreak: Sabith, Patient No. 1 infected all but one”, The Indian Express, July 15, 2018
3. “Nipah virus: Anatomy of an outbreak”, The Hindu, June 2, 2018
“Dr G Arun Kumar interview on Nipah Virus outbreak in Calicut”, Youtube, June 6, 2018
4. “Tracking the Nipah Virus”, Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine, Fall 2019
5. “Nipah Virus (NiV)”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 20, 2014
6. “First Nipah casualty did eat fruits bitten by bats: Probe”, OnManorama, October 3, 2018
7. “Lini Puthuserry died of the Nipah virus on May 21st”, The Economist, June 2, 2018
8. “WHO pays tribute to Kerala nurse who died of Nipah virus infection”, The Hindu, June 5, 2018
9. “Kerala nurse Lini who died treating Nipah patient honoured with Florence Nightingale award”, The Indian Express, December 6, 2019
10. “Life in the time of Nipah”, The Times of India, June 2, 2018

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