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Encephalitis Claims 25 Lives In Bihar

Suspected encephalitis in India’s Bihar State has taken a toll of 25 lives including that of three children. There is panic among the people of Bagaha District of the State after the deaths. //Chanrika Roy, the Health Minister of Bihar however seems to be unaware of the di...

Infectious Diseases Reduced in China

...a), Bortdella pertussis (Whooping cough), Japanese encephalitis (Viral fever), bacteria causing meningitis and has totally eradicated Polio virus (Poliomyelitis). Chinese officials feel that the decrease in disease eradication was made possible by forming a network between major hospitals and local hospitals ...

Woman Tests Negative For Japanese Encephalitis: Health Minister

... lead to severe complications and even death. An encephalitis outbreak that occurred in 1999, caused by Nipah virus, a strain of the Japanese encephalitis virus, claimed the lives of nearly 100 individuals and forced the evacuation of a thousand other loc...

Japanese Encephalitis Immunization Programme in India

India will launch a nationwide Japanese encephalitis immunization programme for children from May, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said// here Tuesday. The health menace, which is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, had claimed over 1,000 lives, mostly in Uttar Pradesh, in 2005 and around ...

Cyclone Glenda brings Threat of Fatal Mosquito–borne Diseas

...ley has spread the virus that causes Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE). The cyclone Glenda along with the more rece...quito bites. The potentially fatal Murray Valley encephalitis virus has been detected in the Pilbara region although there have been no confirmed cases of people ...

Government Hospital’s Poor Functioning Claims Lives Of 138 Infant

...rth weight, septicemia, malaria, gastro enteritis, encephalitis and meningitis as well as some undiagnosed diseases were the causes of the other deaths. Though the number of doctors is sufficient in the pediatric department, their services are not properly utilized and the labour room doctor is overburdened, th...

Mumps Outbreak In The US

...erding said Up to 10% of people with mumps develop encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and others can develop an inflammation of the testes, which can lead to infertility. Mumps has also been associated with spontaneous abortion and deafness. According to the CDC the mumps virus can cause a acute viral illn...

Uttar Pradesh To Prepone The Japanese Encephalitis Immunisation Drive

...Studies have shown that the strain of the Japanese encephalitis virus in India is genetically similar to that used in the Chinese vaccine, which means the vaccine is expected to be effective in Indian children, according to officials. Officials estimate that the programme this season would cost Rs 18 crore....

Over Two-dozen Children Succumbs to Encephalitis in Bihar

More than 25 children have died of suspected encephalitis and many affected children have been battling for survival in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for the past few days //. The district administration has sounded a high alert to check the spread of the killer disease. The children reported sudden light ...

Panacea To Market Measles Vaccine In India

...ing on four vaccines for anthrax, dengue, Japanese encephalitis and hepatitis-A. Phase I and II trials for anthrax vaccine have been completed, which is ready for regulatory approvals," Panacea Biotec Joint Managing Director Rajesh Jain told reporters here today. The company would also set up its fifth R&D centr...

18 Die of Japanese Encephalitis in Upper Assam

..., mostly children and women, have died of Japanese encephalitis in upper Assam districts of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji since the beginning of the month. // According to official sources here, 14 people died of the disease in Lakhimpur district, where nearly 100 others have been affected. In nearby Dhemaji district ...

Japanese Encephalitis Epidemic Kills 15 in Assam

...ed a health alert after 15 people died of Japanese encephalitis and hundreds more were down with the mosquito-born...Assam health department spokesperson said Japanese encephalitis had assumed epidemic proportions in the four districts of Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji w...

Gates Foundation Adopts Fight against Encephalitis

...anet. Dr. Julie Jacobson, director of the Japanese encephalitis program at Seattle-based Program for Appropriate T...ving immunized 9 million children against Japanese encephalitis that was part of a campaign aimed at reaching 11 million in high-risk districts. Japanese enceph...

36 Children Die of Encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh

... the onset of rains in large parts of north India, encephalitis has once again struck in the pockets of eastern Ut... to come. "So far, we have not detected Japanese encephalitis in any of the 223 cases that have been reported since the outbreak of rains in and around this encep...

19 People Dead From Encephalitis In China

The death toll in China from encephalitis has now risen to 19 from 17. The official Xinhua n...ency confirmed that the outbreak of mosquito-borne encephalitis was spreading rapidly.// Health officials in Yuncheng in Shanxi Province reported that an addition...

Woman in Toronto Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

...r, headache, muscle ache, skin rash, and sometimes encephalitis or meningitis that is spread chiefly by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread WNV to humans and other animals when they bite. Experts believe WNV is established as a seasonal ...

More Encephalitis Deaths In China

...le have succumbed to an outbreak of mosquito-borne encephalitis B in China, the Beijing News said on Friday.// These deaths are in addition to the 26 people already killed by the disease. In central Henan province around 437 people have been infected with the disease and 40 of them have died so far. These infec...

Residents Advised to Take Preventive Measures To Combat West Nile Virus

...r, headache, muscle ache, skin rash, and sometimes encephalitis or meningitis that is spread chiefly by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread WNV to humans and other animals when they bite. Following the findings, the state Department of E...

Another EEE case confirmed in Massachusets Boy

Massachusets third human case of eastern equine encephalitis this year has been confirmed in a nine-year-old Middleborough boy.// According to state health officials the boy is seriously ill and has been hospitalized. His parents identified him as John Fontaine. Middleborough was included in the Massachus...

A New drug Developed To Fight The Bio-Terrorism Threat Of VEE Virus

... the bio-terrorism threat of the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. // Biomedical researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have announced to start the initial step in the development of effective drug therapies against Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (VEE) virus, which is a po...

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