Published Date: 2012-07-30 20:01:39
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Japanese encephalitis & other - India (12): (UP)
Archive Number: 20120730.1221784

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS AND OTHER - INDIA (12): UTTAR PRADESH
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Date: Mon 30 Jul 2012
Source: Punjab Newsline [edited]
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/child-dies-encephalitis-gorakhpur-toll-146/53676


A 9-year-old child succumbed to encephalitis here taking the toll in the viral disease in eastern Uttar Pradesh to 146 this year [2012], health officials said here today [30 Jul 2012].

According to Additional Director (Health) Diwakar Prasad, the child from Mahrajganj district succumbed to the disease at BRD Medical College Hospital yesterday [29 Jul 2012].

He said that 18 new patients afflicted with suspected encephalitis have been admitted to the BRD MCH yesterday while 69 are being treated in different government hospitals of the region.

A total 756 encephalitis patients were admitted to these hospitals in the current year [2012], of which 146 died, Prasad said, adding that the dead include 19 patients from Bihar and one from Nepal.

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[The number of patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of encephalitis have climbed from 658 on 12 Jul 2012 (see ProMED-mail archive number 20120714.1201337) to 756 and fatalities from 129 to 146 as of 30 Jul 2012, a little over 2 weeks later. No etiological agent responsible for the above cases is mentioned in the current report, but the 12 Jul 2012 report indicated that at least 90 per cent of the cases were reported to be of an undiagnosed acute encephalitis syndrome that is caused by the viruses present in contaminated water, while remaining 10 per cent of cases were due to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infections. As is usual in these reports, no mention is made of the vaccination status of the population for JEV in Uttar Pradesh and Behar states, where these cases most commonly occur.

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map showing the location of Uttar Pradesh state can be accessed at http://healthmap.org/r/01r4. - Mod.TY]

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