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Malaria remains Mizorams biggest killer disease [1]

AIZAWL, Feb 2: Malaria, which claimed 119 lives in Mizoram during last year, remains the biggest killer disease in this Northeast State. According to the Health Department records, 1,71,793 people hot their blood tested and 9,399 had tested positive for malaria during 2009. The victims aged between 1 to 64, of which 40 were females.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
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North East [3], Health [4], Malaria [5], Vector Borne Diseases [6], Mizoram [7]
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