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Here is the original report, which I believe is in an Indian source (I know Tripura is a state in India, and Agartala is its capital):
Malaria, enteritis turn worse in hilly Tripura
Agartala, Jul 30 : Gastroenteritis and malaria have taken a turn for the worse in tribal dominated remote hamlets under Chawmanu rural administrative block of Dhalai district in North Tripura with five deaths reported.
The death toll in diarrhoea, viral fever and malaria has reached 129 so far this year in the area. Viral fever and enteritis have also been reported from urban pockets.
Officials here today said seven special medical teams from the district headquarters had been dispatched to the affected hamlets with necessary medical aids.
Medicine, saline and instant malaria parasite testing kits were sent from Agartala while seven more doctors were posted in various primary health centres in the area in the past one month to contain the situation, said a top health official.
He, however, pointed out that scanty rainfall and humid weather were the main reasons for spread of the diseases in hilly locations.
The entire Dhalai district had already been identified as malaria prone and become drug resistant.
Spraying of DDT, use of instant diagnostic kits in high malaria prone areas besides, distribution of 1,15,000 medicated nets and fogging machines were on.
Alarmed at the increasing incidences of deaths due to malaria, the Tripura National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDC) had conducted a comprehensive study in malaria prone areas on effectiveness of conventional medicines for malaria treatment.
The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) categorised the state as Chloroquine (malaria drug) resistant three years back and Salpha Pyramethamine Combination, second-generation anti-malaria drugs had been prescribed for the patients.
The Plasmodium Falciparum (PF) component present in malaria affected patients and Chloroquine had become inactive for long-sufferers. New chemoprophylaxis drugs had been supplied as an immediate measure, said health officials.
--UNI
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That report seems to be the basis for this ProMED post, which places the outbreak in Myanmar (although the blue text is befuddling):
Archive Number 20110730.2290
Published Date 30-JUL-2011
Subject PRO/EDR> Malaria - Myanmar: (Tripura Agartala)
MALARIA - MYANMAR: (TRIPURA AGARTALA)
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A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
Date: Sat 30 Jul 2011
Source: NewKerala.com [edited]
<http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-38544.html>
Malaria turn worse in hilly Tripura Agartala
--------------------------------------------
Malaria has taken a turn for the worse in tribal dominated remote
hamlets under Chawmanu rural administrative block of Dhalai district
in North Tripura with 5 deaths reported. The death toll in diarrhoea,
viral fever and malaria has reached 129 so far this year in the area.
Officials here today said 7 special medical teams from the district
headquarters had been dispatched to the affected hamlets with
necessary medical aids.
Medicine, saline and instant malaria parasite testing kits were sent
from Agartala while 7 more doctors were posted in various primary
health centres in the area in the past one month to contain the
situation, said a top health official. He, however, pointed out that
scanty rainfall and humid weather were the main reasons for spread of
the diseases in hilly locations.
The entire Dhalai district had already been identified as malaria
prone and become drug resistant. Spraying of DDT, use of instant
diagnostic kits in high malaria prone areas besides, distribution of
115 000 medicated nets and fogging machines were on.
Alarmed at the increasing incidences of deaths due to malaria, the
Tripura National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDC) had
conducted a comprehensive study in malaria prone areas on
effectiveness of conventional medicines for malaria treatment.
The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) categorised the state as
Chloroquine (malaria drug) resistant 3 years back and Salpha
Pyramethamine Combination, 2nd-generation anti-malaria drugs had been
prescribed for the patients.
The Plasmodium falciparum (PF) component present in malaria affected
patients and Chloroquine had become inactive for long-sufferers. New
chemoprophylaxis drugs had been supplied as an immediate measure, said
health officials.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>
[Malaria is endemic in Myanmar with approximately 1 million suspected
cases in 2010 (World Malaria Report 2010
(http://www.who.int/malaria/world_mal...10_annex7a.pdf).
Tripura Agartala is located in the western part of Myanmar not far
from Assam and Bangladesh. HealthMap location:
<http://healthmap.org/r/15Lj> - Mod.EP]
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And to further muddy the water, HealthMap has taken the ProMED post and pinned it below, labelling it as Myanmar, but with a pin location in Tripura, India.
Malaria, enteritis turn worse in hilly Tripura
Agartala, Jul 30 : Gastroenteritis and malaria have taken a turn for the worse in tribal dominated remote hamlets under Chawmanu rural administrative block of Dhalai district in North Tripura with five deaths reported.
The death toll in diarrhoea, viral fever and malaria has reached 129 so far this year in the area. Viral fever and enteritis have also been reported from urban pockets.
Officials here today said seven special medical teams from the district headquarters had been dispatched to the affected hamlets with necessary medical aids.
Medicine, saline and instant malaria parasite testing kits were sent from Agartala while seven more doctors were posted in various primary health centres in the area in the past one month to contain the situation, said a top health official.
He, however, pointed out that scanty rainfall and humid weather were the main reasons for spread of the diseases in hilly locations.
The entire Dhalai district had already been identified as malaria prone and become drug resistant.
Spraying of DDT, use of instant diagnostic kits in high malaria prone areas besides, distribution of 1,15,000 medicated nets and fogging machines were on.
Alarmed at the increasing incidences of deaths due to malaria, the Tripura National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDC) had conducted a comprehensive study in malaria prone areas on effectiveness of conventional medicines for malaria treatment.
The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) categorised the state as Chloroquine (malaria drug) resistant three years back and Salpha Pyramethamine Combination, second-generation anti-malaria drugs had been prescribed for the patients.
The Plasmodium Falciparum (PF) component present in malaria affected patients and Chloroquine had become inactive for long-sufferers. New chemoprophylaxis drugs had been supplied as an immediate measure, said health officials.
--UNI
-----------------
That report seems to be the basis for this ProMED post, which places the outbreak in Myanmar (although the blue text is befuddling):
Archive Number 20110730.2290
Published Date 30-JUL-2011
Subject PRO/EDR> Malaria - Myanmar: (Tripura Agartala)
MALARIA - MYANMAR: (TRIPURA AGARTALA)
*************************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
Date: Sat 30 Jul 2011
Source: NewKerala.com [edited]
<http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-38544.html>
Malaria turn worse in hilly Tripura Agartala
--------------------------------------------
Malaria has taken a turn for the worse in tribal dominated remote
hamlets under Chawmanu rural administrative block of Dhalai district
in North Tripura with 5 deaths reported. The death toll in diarrhoea,
viral fever and malaria has reached 129 so far this year in the area.
Officials here today said 7 special medical teams from the district
headquarters had been dispatched to the affected hamlets with
necessary medical aids.
Medicine, saline and instant malaria parasite testing kits were sent
from Agartala while 7 more doctors were posted in various primary
health centres in the area in the past one month to contain the
situation, said a top health official. He, however, pointed out that
scanty rainfall and humid weather were the main reasons for spread of
the diseases in hilly locations.
The entire Dhalai district had already been identified as malaria
prone and become drug resistant. Spraying of DDT, use of instant
diagnostic kits in high malaria prone areas besides, distribution of
115 000 medicated nets and fogging machines were on.
Alarmed at the increasing incidences of deaths due to malaria, the
Tripura National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDC) had
conducted a comprehensive study in malaria prone areas on
effectiveness of conventional medicines for malaria treatment.
The Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) categorised the state as
Chloroquine (malaria drug) resistant 3 years back and Salpha
Pyramethamine Combination, 2nd-generation anti-malaria drugs had been
prescribed for the patients.
The Plasmodium falciparum (PF) component present in malaria affected
patients and Chloroquine had become inactive for long-sufferers. New
chemoprophylaxis drugs had been supplied as an immediate measure, said
health officials.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
<promed@promedmail.org>
[Malaria is endemic in Myanmar with approximately 1 million suspected
cases in 2010 (World Malaria Report 2010
(http://www.who.int/malaria/world_mal...10_annex7a.pdf).
Tripura Agartala is located in the western part of Myanmar not far
from Assam and Bangladesh. HealthMap location:
<http://healthmap.org/r/15Lj> - Mod.EP]
--------
And to further muddy the water, HealthMap has taken the ProMED post and pinned it below, labelling it as Myanmar, but with a pin location in Tripura, India.
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