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Emergence of Orientia tsutsugamushi as an important cause of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in India

Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a dreaded disease in India including the state of Bihar. Every year several people specially children, succumb to this disease and often the survivors are left with permanent residual disorders. The present research throws light on specific etiological agents that may cause AES and have found scrub typhus to be an important etiology.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2018
Parul Jain, Shantanu Prakash, Piyush K. Tripathi & et al
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
1-14
Tags:
Encephalitis, Muzaffarpur (D), Sitamarhi (D), Sheohar (D), Purba Champaran, Bihar, India, Vector Borne Diseases, Child Health
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Dengue responsible for most ICU admissions across India

Scrub typhus, encephalitis, malaria are other reasons, says multi-centre study

Publication Date: 
19/01/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, India, Encephalitis, Malaria, Typhoid, Chikungunya, Health Effects, Health
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Chennai reports 20% rise in malaria cases

Nearly seven out of 10 malaria cases in Tamil Nadu were reported from Chennai in 2017, according to data from the directorate of public health.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2018
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Encephalitis, Chikungunya, Health Effects, Health
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Mission Indradhanush: How govt vaccinated over 2.55 crore children across the country

Clerics in Patna signing vaccination pledges, camps after sunset for children of migrant workers in Maharashtra, boat clinics in Assam taking the booster shot to remote locations

Publication Date: 
08/01/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Child Health, Immunisation, Vaccination, Encephalitis, Tuberculosis (TB), Measles, Health
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All mosquito-borne diseases on upswing in Tamil Nadu, malaria up 18%

CHENNAI: It was not just dengue cases that went up in Tamil Nadu during the 2017 epidemic.

Publication Date: 
04/01/2018
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Vector Borne Diseases, Malaria, Chikungunya, Encephalitis, Health
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Two more test positive for Japanese encephalitis in Bundi

Jaipur/Kota: Two more persons from Keshoraipatan town of Bundi district tested positive for Japanese encephalitis (JE) in state.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2017
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Encephalitis, Bundi (D), Health Effects, Health
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Mosquito sites need mapping

Simply destroying mosquito eggs has proven not to be effective in the control of the menace.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2017
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Hyderabad (T), Vector Borne Diseases, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Malaria, Chikungunya, Filariasis, Encephalitis, Zika Virus, Health
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Seasonal patterns of Japanese Encephalitis and associated meteorological factors in Taiwan

The persistent transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in Taiwan necessitates exploring the risk factors of occurrence of Japanese encephalitis (JE). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of JE in Taiwan. We collected data for cases of JE reported to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) from 2000 to 2014. Meteorological data were obtained from the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2017
Che-Liang Lin, Hsiao-Ling Chang, Chuan-Yao Lin & et al
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
1-12
Tags:
Encephalitis, Taiwan, Infectious Diseases, Climate, Vector Borne Diseases
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India needs universal health coverage

Michael H Merson has led a number of training programmes to strengthen the capacity of scientists in Russia, China, India and South Africa to undertake research on HIVAIDS prevention.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2017
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
India, Health Insurance, AIDS, WHO, Air Pollution, Respiratory Diseases, Encephalitis, Chikungunya, Vector Borne Diseases, Health
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OBC, SC kids more prone to encephalitis, says study

60 per cent of affected children belong to the OBC category.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2017
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Encephalitis, Child Health, Health Effects, Gorakhpur (D), Health

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