India: 1,000 More Cases

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1,000 admitted to hospitals following fever in Malegaon
</TD></TR><TR><TD height=15></TD></TR><TR><TD class=kicker>Nasik, Mar 15: Over a thousand people, including women and children, were admitted to government and private hospitals in powerloom town of Malegaon in the district following complaints of fever, a senior official said today.

Medical officer of Malegaon Municipal Corporation Dr Hasonoddin Shaikh said that MMC health squad was fully geared up to provide treatment to the patients, who were admitted following complaints of "high temperature and joint pains".

"The condition of all the patients was stable," Shaikh added.

"We have collected blood samples of all the patients for examinations and report of it was awaited," he added.

Bureau Report
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Dengue hits Malegaon, 800 hospitalised, 2000 suffer fever
</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width="100%" colSpan=2>MUMBAI, MAR 16 (PTI)
More than 800 people suffering from a type of dengue were admitted to hospitals and over 2000 cases of fever have been detected in the handloom town of Malegaon in Nasik district, Maharashtra Health Minister Vimal Mundada said here today.
"It is a form of Dengue fever which has been detected in Malegaon and 800 people have been admitted in various hospitals with the disease. Also, there are over 2000 cases of fever. We are taking all precautions including fogging to control the outbreak," Mundada told reporters.
He said the disease spreads in areas where there is unhygienic slaughtering or stagnant water and it would be difficult to control the spread of the bacteria through fogging since the Dengue bacteria are known to develop immunity to such chemicals. The Health minister will acccompany the Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil to Malegaon tomorrow when they would review the measures taken to control the outbreak.
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[Joe Neubarth]

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Did you notice the obvious gross ignorance? Bacteria?

[DB]

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Yes.

Just more of the same.

Anything but bird flu, now they are just making stuff up, bacterial Dengue.

[emmysue]

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Human samples of flu to be tested

http://www.ibnlive.com/article.php?id=6822&section_id=3

Jalagaon (Maharashtra): A day after bird flu was detected in Jalgaon, blood samples of people suffering from the suspected viral fever in Malegaon have been sent for tests as a precautionary measure.
Massive culling operations are underway in Jalgaon.
The authorities have already started culling nearly 75,000 fowl from Wednesday onwards.
"Precautionary measures were being put in place in an area of more than three kilometre radius, where the culling would take place," District Collector Vijay Singhal said.
Singhal said, out of the total 26 samples of dead chickens sent to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory (HSADL) at Bhopal, four had tested positive.
These belonged to affected villages Salva, Savda, Marul and Hater.
However, despite the fresh threat, the health authorities are playing safe and have denied there was any reason for people to worry about.
A notification declaring an outbreak of avian influenza in four villages of Jalgaon district has been issued.
They are Hated village of Chopda taluka, Sawda village of Raver taluka, Salve village of Dharangaon taluka and Marul village of Yaval taluka.
Maharashtra Chief Secretary D K Shankaran, Minister for Animal Husbandry Anees Ahmed and others visited the district on Wednesday.
"There's nothing to fear about. There?s no problem at all and no fear of this disease spreading," Minister of State, Animal Husbandry, Anees Ahemed assured.

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Malegaon fever claims one, 96 more cases registered
Monday, March 20, 2006 14:50 IST

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NASIK: Malegaon fever claimed the life of an 11-year-old in Nashik, official sources said on Monday.

Mohammed Rizwan Mohammed Ramzan, a resident of Ayesha Nagar, died at Dhule Civil Hospital on Sunday evening, Bharat Wagh, medical officer of the Malegaon Municipal Corporation, said.

He said the boy was admitted to Wadia Hospital on March 17 with fever but suffered a convulsion in the afternoon. "We got him checked by experts and the same day sent him to the Dhule civil hospital, where he died last evening. However, we have asked for the case papers to investigate the cause of death. We have also sent blood samples to the laboratory," he said, adding, that the fever outbreak started in Malegaon's Ramzan Nagar, Ayesha Nagar and Ayub Nagar from February 27.

On Sunday, 96 patients were admitted to hospitals, Wagh added.

Maharashtra Public Health Minister Vimal Mundada, who visited Malegaon on Sunday, told people not to fear as there was no "fever epidemic" in Malegaon.

Malegaon Fever, also called Chicken Gunya, is a viral fever similar to dengue and is transmitted by mosquitoes, state health directorate officials said.

Unlike dengue, complications are very minimal or none. However, joint pains are severe, officials said.