Re: India 2011: Malaria, 75 fatalities
Re: India 2011: Malaria, 75 fatalities
Malaria on rise, 68 cases in seven months
Anjaya Anparthi | Aug 23, 2011, 10.40AM IST
NAGPUR: There seems to be a rise in malaria cases being reported in the city with as many as 68 positive cases being registered in last seven months. Out of these, 40 cases have been registered in past 60 days. However, no case of death has been reported.
As per records of Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) malaria and filaria department, a total of 68 positive cases of malaria were registered in the city from January 1 to July 31 this year. While seven out of these were tested as 'Plasmodium Falciparum', which is the deadliest among all four species of malaria, the remaining 61 cases were tested as 'Plasmodium Vivax', which is the most common species.
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While one case each of dengue and chandipura was registered, no cases of Japanese Encephalitis and Chikungunya were registered this year. Following this, the total number of waterborne diseases cases has come up to 81 till July.
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