Re: India Dengue 2013
Dengue cases jump to 169;45 in six days (
Uttar Pradesh)
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Lucknow: As many as 45 dengue cases have come to light in the last six days.With this,the total number of dengue positive patients for the state capital stands at 169.The list of affected includes Kalraj Mishra,the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Lucknow East.But,if cases from private hospitals and nursing homes were to be included,the number of persons affected would have been at least three times higher.
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91 new dengue cases in
Odisha
Source :
Last Updated: Sat, Sep 21, 2013 21:00 hrs
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) With another 91 people testing positive for dengue Saturday, the number of those infected by the mosquito-borne virus in Odisha since June has risen to 4,321.
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Blood samples of 13,960 people from across the state have been taken so far, with 4,321 testing positive.
However, the number of those who succumbed to the disease remains at five with no more deaths reported in the last fortnight, he said.
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http://www.sify.com/news/91-new-dengue-cases-in-odisha-news-health-njvvaliiech.html
Situation not alarming, says Director Health
18 dengue cases surface in
Jammu, one dead
TILAK MEHRA
JAMMU, Sep 21: Alarm bells have begun ringing in the government circles with 18 dengue cases having been reported to Government Medical College (GMC) from various parts of Jammu region. According to reports, these cases have come to fore after the Department of Micro Bacteriology collected around 140 blood samples from different parts of the Jammu region to detect whether there were traces of Dengue in them or not. 18 have been confirmed positive through Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assey (ELISA) IgM from August 20, 2013 to September 19 in Jammu region.
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In this context, R S Pura Block Medical Officer (BMO) Rajiv Sharma said, ?We have not received any information regarding any Dengue case in R S Pura. We have alerted all concerned dispensaries to inform the BMO about such incident if identified and asked the corporation for fogging the area to protect the people from Dengue.? The reports of 37 dengue cases were termed as misleading by Director Health as these cases were suspected but none could be confirmed.
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Dengue claims boy's life (
Gujarat)
TNN | Sep 22, 2013, 02.04 AM IST
AHMEDABAD: A boy lost his life to dengue at the Civil Hospital on Saturday. The death increased the morbid spell cast by the fever over the city. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials have processed 22,000 slides of fever in just 20 days of September. Almost each locality is reeling under an onslaught of malaria, falciparum, dengue, chikungunya and host of other viral fevers.
The city has recorded more number of dengue, chikungunya and falciparum cases in 2013 underlying that the onslaught of mosquito has been more menacing this year. Dengue has assumed epidemic proportions in many localities. In August 2013, 467 cases were reported, as compared to 278 cases in the same month last year. This year, September alone has recorded 267 positive cases of dengue.
Falciparum, a more severe form of malaria, too, has targeted more people this year. As compared to 756 cases in August 2012, 963 cases were recorded in August 2013. In September, 149 cases have, so far, been recorded.
AMC officials said that 2,878 malaria cases were recorded in August 2013, as compared to 5,379 cases in the same month in 2012. This month, 575 cases of malaria have been registered.
Chikungunya was confirmed positive in 98 cases in August 2013, as compared to only 8 cases in 2012.
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