Bihar: Muzaffarpur district, Infectious diseases kill 68 children in May

[Ronan Kelly]

Lille took the lives of 68 children a month
Jun 01, 02:03 am

Muzaffarpur, Casn unknown disease "noise" in the district other diseases among children are also buried victim's foot. Diarrhea, jaundice, vomiting, respiratory diseases like Kejriwal and Skemsiac just in the month, respectively, 50 and 18 children have been killed. Not only the town of three thousand children have been admitted to various hospitals and clinics.
According to the records of hospitals in two-four children were killed on Tuesday. It's Pkkisray Sahil, Himanshu Rai of Mniari, Gaygat include happiness and Tabassum. 51 children were killed last month in the hospital. While 1389 were admitted. This figure rose in May went up by two thousand. Nearly 350 children were admitted in Skemsiac. Other hospitals and clinics in the city added to the number of children close to this number will reach nearly three thousand.
According to practitioners of many harmful bacteria and viruses in the effect of increasing the heat rises. Becomes infected as well as water and food. So little is recklessly endangered the lives of children. Were also cases of jaundice in children at this time. CS said Dr. Jञanbhusn any kids around is not shown. Parent or guardian to complete their treatment care.

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/bihar/4_4_9322118_1.html

[Ronan Kelly]

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Four children killed in Meenapur
Jun 04, 01:13 am

Meenapur, Nipr: block in the last two days of fever and in several villages, killing four children suffering from diarrhea. They Bhola Sah village in eastern Turkey, Rakesh Kumar, a 14-year-old son died of fever on Saturday and tinsel. Neha Kumari, daughter of Panchayat koil Diwakar face (one year) also died yesterday. The first posture of the ailing son of a famous face to face, daughter of Kumar and Balasore (two years) was killed on Friday.
Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, in charge of the PHC and Health Manager Dr. Tusil Imam Hashemi visited the different villages.

http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/bihar/4_4_9332585.html

[Pathfinder]

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20 children die, 36 affected from 'mysterious' illness

Press Trust of India / Patna June 05, 2012, 16:15

Bihar health department today admitted that 20 children have died and 36 others are undergoing treatment for a "mysterious" disease in Gaya and Muzaffarpur districts in Bihar during the past fortnight, but ruled out that it was encephalitis.

State health department principal secretary Amarjit Sinha told reporters here that those afflicted do not bear symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis.

"I don't think any of them is affected by Japanese Encephalitis," he said while citing a Pune-based lab and MRI reports of the patients.

20 deaths -- nine children in Gaya and eleven children in Muzaffarpur -- had occurred in the past fortnight due to the disease, he said.

A total of 36 children were still admitted in Muzaffarpur (31) and Gaya (5) with symptoms that include high fever and convulsions, he added.
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http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/20-children-die-36-affectedmysterious-illness/17200/

[alert]

Re: Bihar: Muzaffarpur district, Infectious diseases kill 68 children in May

At least 56 children died in the same area this time last year from a very similar illness:

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=413072

It is unclear whether this illness is the result of an unidentified encephalitis virus, undiganosed JE, Chandipura, or Nipah, or something entirely different such as a toxin. Past reports have been contradictory and inconsistent.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Bihar: Muzaffarpur district, Infectious diseases kill 68 children in May

From what I recall, the outbreak in Gaya that killed around 100 last year was confirmed JE, but the Muzaffarpur outbreak was not confirmed. Bihar officially recorded a total of 821 cases and 197 encephalitis deaths last year more than any year from 2002-2010.

This summer has been unusually hot this early perhaps leading to an earlier transmission season.


From
Operational Guide Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination in India
September 2010
Immunization Division Department of Family Welfare Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Bihar: Muzaffarpur district, Infectious diseases kill 68 children in May

A good report indicating the convoluted nature of diagnosis...

Health official rules out encephalitis deaths
Nishant Sinha, TNN | Jun 6, 2012, 02.16AM IST

PATNA: The state health department, on Tuesday, has denied any death this year due to encephalitis or Japanese Encephalitis (JE), either in Gaya or Muzaffarpur, but admitted that 20 children have died during the past fortnight in different hospitals of the state.

The deaths occurred due to some 'mysterious disease', and not encephalitis or JE, said principal secretary, health, Amarjeet Sinha. "Not a single case of encephalitis has been detected this year so far, either in Gaya or Muzaffarpur. The cause of death of the children is yet to be ascertained," he said.

Sinha, in fact, claimed, "Not even a single case of JE has been detected in Muzaffarpur in the last 15 years. Even in Gaya, where JE cases had earlier been reported, it was a post-monsoon phenomenon, and not during this time of the season when monsoon is yet to hit the state."
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This 'mysterious disease' hits north and central Bihar areas of Muzaffarpur and Gaya every year, but the government is yet to find out the exact reason behind the deaths of so many children. In 2011, 89 children had died due of this 'mysterious disease'. The disease killed 46 children in Gaya in 2009, 49 in 2008 and 29 in 2007.

Last year in Gaya, experts had said the cases were related to the JE. Health secretary Sanjay Kumar had earlier said around 15 children had died due to JE and the rest due to encephalitis in 2011. With regard to Muzaffarpur, it was not sure whether it was JE or encephalitis or some other disease. Even a team from Union health ministry and WHO had visited the affected areas last year but failed to ascertain the kind of disease. However, the team had come to the conclusion that the cases were that of encephalitis though the team members could not identify the exact virus causing the disease.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Health-official-rules-out-encephalitis-deaths/articleshow/13858307.cms

[Emily]

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20 Kids Dead, 36 Affected by 'Mysterious' Illness

PTI | Patna | Jun 05, 2012
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State health department principal secretary Amarjit Sinha told reporters here that those afflicted do not bear symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis.

"I don't think any of them is affected by Japanese Encephalitis," he said while citing a Pune-based lab and MRI reports of the patients.

20 deaths -- nine children in Gaya and eleven children in Muzaffarpur -- had occurred in the past fortnight due to the disease, he said.

A total of 36 children were still admitted in Muzaffarpur (31) and Gaya (5) with symptoms that include high fever and convulsions, he added.

An action plan had already been formulated to tackle the disease and take precautionary measures, he said.

[snip]

He said the symptoms of convulsions and high fever are also connected to heat stroke and Dr Saini, who was also present said these symptoms are mostly related to heat and malnutrition...

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Bihar: Muzaffarpur district, Infectious diseases kill 68 children in May

For latest updates on AES outbreaks in Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Patna in Bihar State, see this thread; India 2012: Encephalitis, - Outbreaks in Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

[Pathfinder]

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Declare killer disease an epidemic, says Bihar

Karnataka,Health/Medicine, Mon, 11 Jun 2012 IANS

Patna, June 11 (IANS) Bihar has urged the central government to declare a mysterious disease that has killed 102 children an epidemic, Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey said Monday.
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"It is now urgent to declare it an epidemic. The state will approach the central government for this," Choubey told the media here.
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Eighteen more children died in Muzaffarpur in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 57 in the district. Ten children have died in Gaya.

Besides, 35 children have died in the Patna Medical College and Hospital(PMCH) in the past 15 days.

Sanjata Choudhary, head of the department of paediatric in PMCH, said 80 children suffering from the disease were admitted to the hospital.

For the first time since the reports of deaths appeared, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday said it was a big challenge that a brain fever like disease had claimed the lives of so many children in the state.
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http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/06/11/380--Declare-killer-disease-an-epidemic-says-Bihar-.html

[Treyfish]

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Indian state of Bihar outbreak of the strange disease 19 days claimed 87 lives of children


BEIJING, June 11 on the 10th reported that India's northeastern state of Bihar recently, a strange disease, over the past 19 days, 87 sick children were killed.

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The health sector is difficult to confirm the cause, the local government has the Indian central government and the World Health Organization for support.

It is reported that sick children and more symptoms of high fever and convulsions, experts will be abnormal, tentatively called "acute encephalitis syndrome", but can not confirm the specific cause. Most cases appear in the state of Bihar in northern Mexico the sofa Slope County, southern Gaya County, also reported 10 cases....http://translate.googleusercontent.c...LbL9xaYHuWCKyg