Japanese encephalitis- India (05): (UP)
Date: Tue 25 Aug 2009
Source: Xinhua News Agency [edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/25/content_11940936.htm>
The Press Trust of India on Tuesday [25 Aug 2009] reported that 3
more Indian children have died of Japanese encephalitis in the
northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll due to the
viral infection in the state since January [2009], to 180. The
children belonging to Kushinagar, Siddharthanagar, and Mahrajganj
districts of Uttar Pradesh died in the last 2 days at the BRD Medical
College in Gorakhpur, where a total of 20 people suffering from the
viral fever were being treated, said the report.
The deadly Japanese encephalitis fever is caused by a virus found in
pigs and transferred to humans by mosquito bites. The disease affects
the brain and causes high fever and respiratory distress.
[Editor: Li Xianzhi]
Source: Xinhua News Agency [edited]
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/25/content_11940936.htm>
The Press Trust of India on Tuesday [25 Aug 2009] reported that 3
more Indian children have died of Japanese encephalitis in the
northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll due to the
viral infection in the state since January [2009], to 180. The
children belonging to Kushinagar, Siddharthanagar, and Mahrajganj
districts of Uttar Pradesh died in the last 2 days at the BRD Medical
College in Gorakhpur, where a total of 20 people suffering from the
viral fever were being treated, said the report.
The deadly Japanese encephalitis fever is caused by a virus found in
pigs and transferred to humans by mosquito bites. The disease affects
the brain and causes high fever and respiratory distress.
[Editor: Li Xianzhi]
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