WHAT IS TOMATO FLU, WHY IT IS SPREADING

Shilpa j
Page No.11-13

The new infective virus found in Kerala called tomato flu, was endowed in kollam district. Lancet respiratory medicine conduct research on July 2022 based on that 82 cases were found in Kerala under the age group below 5 years. Later the disease has been spread to Tamilnadu and Odisha and reported 26 more cases.  However this is an infrequent viral infection contemplated to be a non- life- threatening. This article aims to highlight the short and quick information on ‘tomato flu’, risk factors, clinical symptoms, prevention and treatment modalities.
Keywords:Tomato flu,Risk factors,Symptoms,prevention etc.