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on encephalitis, considers the need for large-scale preventive measures rather than looking for cure.

"Unless extensive preventive measures are in place, the virus will continue to strike again and again," said Dhole. According to him, the officially recorded death toll was far less than the actual toll.

"A large number of patients succumb to the virus and the cases never get reported. Even those brought to private hospitals in the cities are invariably not shown as encephalitis cases, specially if the disease proved fatal because the hospitals do not wish to expose their incompetence to contain the deadly virus."

He was of the view that nearly 50 percent cases go unreported, thereby reflecting the magnitude of the problem.

(Source: IANS)
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