Japanese Encephalitis — India
Death of 14 children, aged between 2 and 15, in one fortnight in Malkangiri district [Odisha] has put the health authorities on tenterhooks. While it is suspected that the children might have died in Japanese encephalitis (JE), health officials claimed they were suffering from acute encephalitis syndrome (AES).
The deaths have been reported from Kalimela, Pandripani, and Korkunda blocks of the district, which had first witnessed the incidence of AES and JE in 2012. At least 4 children have
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