The Assam health department has sounded a health alert after 74 people died of Japanese encephalitis. At least 254 have been affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the past two weeks. The worst

Japanese Encephalitis

Its ecology, epidemiology and economy

A rare killer disease, Japanese encephalitis, has been annually and invariably breaking out in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, so far, 3,952 people have been affected. 914 are dead.

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The government s public health system is completely defunct. Of late, there has been an alarming rise in disease outbreaks in the country. Western Rajasthan is currently in the grips of malaria. The recent death toll from a disease not endemic to the stat