ENCEPHALITIS MENACE IN INDIA: MAJOR CAUSE FOR CONCERN

摘要

BBC News India, July 22, 2014 reports - Viral encephalitis has killed hundreds of children in India over the last decade. At least 60 people died in a recent outbreak of viral encephalitis in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Doctors say patients come from seven affected districts in northern Bengal. Times of India, Aug 5, 2014 states Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have killed 1,890 people in the state since 2008, making Assam the second-most vulnerable state in the country in the last five years. In the year 2013, UP recorded 3,096 AES cases, resulting in 609 deaths.