JE a menace in northern Bangladesh

[Shiloh]

Source: http://bdnews24.com/health/2014/05/05/je-a-menace-in-northern-bangladesh


JE a menace in northern Bangladesh
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 2014-05-05 21:48:37.0 BdST Updated: 2014-05-05 21:48:37.0 BdST
A mosquito-borne infection causing inflammation of the brain has emerged as ?a public health concern? in northern Bangladesh.

The government?s disease monitoring agency, IEDCR, says about four among every 10 Japanese Encephalitis (JE) patients are from Rajshahi, Rangpur and Naogaon districts.

?Its (JE) mortality is as high as 30 percent,? director Prof Mahmudur Rahman said on Monday while briefing journalists on this apparently new disease...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: JE a menace in northern Bangladesh

Japanese Encephalitis becoming a major health threat
Moniruzzaman Uzzal
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In a study done in 48 districts, around 7% of the surveyed patients were found to be infected with Japanese Encephalitis, according to the ?Acute Meningo-Encephalitis Surveillance Bangladesh (2007-2013)? report published by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) at the institute?s auditorium yesterday.
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Serum samples from 4,408 patients at four medical college hospitals ? Rajshahi, Khulna, Chittagong and Rangpur ? were collected and analysed for diagnosing Japanese Encephalitis and Nipah diseases, and making bacterial identification.

Among the surveyed cases, 294 patients were diagnosed with Japanese Encephalitis; 148 in Rajshahi, 110 in Rangpur, 19 in Khulna and 17 at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
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