Japanese Encephalitis — India
Japanese encephalitis (JE) continues in Assam, with one more person succumbing to the disease in Dibrugarh on Wednesday [8 Aug 2018], thus taking the death toll in the state to 66 this year [2018]. So far, 324 individuals have tested positive to the disease, and another 874 persons have been diagnosed with acute encephalitic syndrome (AES) this year.
A report appearing in The Times of India stated that with all efforts to control the spread of JE having proved futile so far, the Assam
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