India - 100 dead (mostly children) due to unknown disease in Tripura

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Re: India - 24 -26 dead (mostly children), 59 hospitalized due to unknown disease in Tripura

Re: India - 24 -26 dead (mostly children), 59 hospitalized due to unknown disease in Tripura

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<small>Location of Tripura


</small>Tripura is a landlocked hilly state in northeastern India with altitudes varying from 15 to 940 m above sea level, though the majority of the population lives in the plains. Tripura has a tropical climate and receives rainfall during the monsoons. It is surrounded on the north, west, and south by Bangladesh and is accessible to the rest of India through the Karimganj district of Assam and Aizawl district of Mizoram in the east. The state extends between 22?56'N and 24?32'N and 90?09'E and 92?10'E. Its maximum stretch measures about 184 km from north to south and 113 km from east to west with an area of 10,491.69 km?. Tripura is the third smallest state of the country.
Although landlocked, Tripura has many rivers including the Manu River which originates here.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference">[7]</sup>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura




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Re: India - 24 -26 dead (mostly children), 59 hospitalized due to unknown disease in Tripura

Re: India - 24 -26 dead (mostly children), 59 hospitalized due to unknown disease in Tripura

Some disease history for the area:

Tripura imposes ban on importing eggs and chicks - 2006

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=998


India probes over 90 mystery child deaths in remote northeast - 2006

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=33353&postcount=2


300 chicken die in Tripura, general alert in State - 2007

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=94366&postcount=81


Bird flu confirmed in Tripura's Dhalai district - 2007

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=146733&postcount=15


A fresh outbreak of bird flu has been reported in poultry in Tripura - 2008

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=146752&postcount=41


[AVIAN INFLUENZA, POULTRY, INDIA, OIE, UPDATES] Highly pathogenic avian influenza, India - 2008

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=153384&postcount=95


Severe meningitis outbreak in Meghalaya, Tripura areas - 2009

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=217128&postcount=1


Meningitis returns to Tripura - 2009

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=328053&postcount=1


The Tripura government has appealed to all concerned organisations to remain alert from outbreaking of avian flu (edit - poultry - s.s.) in the state, which is bordered by Bangladesh on three sides. - 2010

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=342738&postcount=12


Tripura: Malaria outbreak 2 fatalities. - 2010

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=353955&postcount=1

 

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Re: India - 24 -26 dead (mostly children), 59 hospitalized due to unknown disease in Tripura

Re: India - 24 -26 dead (mostly children), 59 hospitalized due to unknown disease in Tripura

This article was published yesterday, and is the first word on this outbreak in nearly three weeks. There does not seem to be any attempt to determine a single etiology for this outbreak; rather they seem to blame the deaths on lack of medical care.

http://tripuratimes.com/leadnews/lead1_190710.html

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He further highlighted the pathetic plight of the indigenous people living in the hilly areas. In June, about 100 tribal villages mostly children died of mysterious disease at Kangrai in Kanchanpur subdivision due to lack of medical care. Mr. Nath said that the issue was raised the deaths of tribal villagers in the recently concluded Budget session rightly prompting the government to take remedial measures