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    Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/111030...y_13660468.jsp

    Unknown fever kills four in Birbhum
    OUR CORRESPONDENT

    Bolpur, March 2: Four persons have died in a Birbhum village in as many months from an unknown disease, creating panic among the residents.

    Margram resident Noor Mohammad Sheikh, 28, who died last night at Rampurhat subdivisional hospital, had been admitted with high fever, nausea and dark spots all over his body.


    The remaining three victims, all women, had shown similar symptoms. This morning, the district health authorities sent a team of doctors to Margram to collect blood samples.

    The doctors collected blood samples of 150 villagers, all of whom either had fever or had come in contact with Sheikh. ..

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    Re: Unknown fever kills four in Birbhum

    Panic after unknown disease kills four
    SURI, 2 MARCH:

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    The team, led by BMOH of Rampurhat II, Dr Avijit Roy Chowdhury, collected blood samples of 126 villagers and sent them to the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata for investigation. The first person to have died of the unknown disease was in November last year. A resident of Margram?s Namupara, Sunoti Mal (30), died of the disease on 11 November last year. She had fever which continued for two months and developed black patches all over her body.

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      Re: Unknown fever kills four in Birbhum

      Inconclusive results - but indicates that more than one disease is at work here including Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis;

      Birbhum xiv. Dengue? Cases: 16; Fatalities: 1 Outbreak: 01.03.11 Report: 02.03.11

      Cases of fever reported with joint pain from Villages Darjipara Margram,
      Rampurhat-II Block. District RRT visited the affected area and investigated
      the outbreak. Out of 15 sera samples of fever cases sent to School of Tropical
      Medicine, Kolkata for serological testing for Dengue, Chikungunya and
      Japanese Encephalitis, 1 tested positive for Dengue and one for JE. House to
      house surveillance done to find new fever cases. IEC activities undertaken
      regarding early treatment of cases and personal protection measures.

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