Japanese encephalitis - India (03): (UP) RFI
Date: Tue 18 Aug 2009
Source: CNN.com [edited]
<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/18/encephalitis.india.outbreak/index.html?iref=mpstoryview>
Doctors say an encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly
children -- in northern India since January [2009]. The outbreak of
acute encephalitis -- an inflammation of brain tissue -- is mostly
concentrated in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh, said VS Nigam, the
state's nodal officer for tackling the disease. He told CNN that 640
patients had tested positive for the infection, including 30 with
Japanese encephalitis, which is spread by mosquitoes.
Acute encephalitis can be spread in various ways, including a
bacterial or viral infection; the ingesting of toxic substances; and
complications of a disease.
The disease has mostly struck children up to 15 years old, Nigam added.
Source: CNN.com [edited]
<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/18/encephalitis.india.outbreak/index.html?iref=mpstoryview>
Doctors say an encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly
children -- in northern India since January [2009]. The outbreak of
acute encephalitis -- an inflammation of brain tissue -- is mostly
concentrated in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh, said VS Nigam, the
state's nodal officer for tackling the disease. He told CNN that 640
patients had tested positive for the infection, including 30 with
Japanese encephalitis, which is spread by mosquitoes.
Acute encephalitis can be spread in various ways, including a
bacterial or viral infection; the ingesting of toxic substances; and
complications of a disease.
The disease has mostly struck children up to 15 years old, Nigam added.
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