Odisha - 24 kids die in unidentified outbreak - identified as Japanese Encephalitis

[Ronan Kelly]

Three children die of unknown ailment
TNN Oct 16, 2012, 07.07AM IST

KORAPUT: Three children, aged between 1 and 6 years, have reportedly died of some unknown disease in Malkangiri's Badli village. Villagers said the children first complained of fever and then started vomiting. They died before they could be shifted to any hospital. The first death was reported from the village in Korkonda block on October 9.

Sources said in the absence of any modern healthcare facility, the villagers depend on traditional methods of treatment and if the disease is not arrested at the earliest, the possibility of more deaths cannot be ruled out. However, to take stock of the situation a team of the mobile health unit (MHU) rushed to the village on Sunday and started treating the affected children.
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http://articles.timesofindia.indiat..._1_unknown-disease-three-children-first-death

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Odisha - 23 kids die in unidentified outbreak

Odisha - 23 kids die in unidentified outbreak

Medical team in Malkangiri to identify killer disease
TNN | Nov 3, 2012, 06.14AM IST

KORAPUT: A six-member team from Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar, reached Malkangiri district on Friday on a two-day visit to find out the reason behind deaths of at least 23 children in past few weeks. The kids fell prey to an unknown disease.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ntify-killer-disease/articleshow/17071220.cms

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Mysterious disease toll reaches 24
By Express News Service - MALKANGIRI 03rd November 2012 01:26 PM

The mysterious disease claimed one more life in Uskapalli village under Korukonda block on Friday. With the death of three-year-old Siba Sodi of the village, the death toll has reached 24. However, unofficial sources put the figure at 41.

To ascertain the reason behind the deaths, a six-member team, from Regional Medical Research Council, Bhubaneswar, visited the village and took stock of the situation. The team included scientist Maheswar Panda, entomologist Chandra Sekhar Tripathy, research assistant Satyasundar Pati, senior research assistant Sushil Kumar Lathore and they were accompanied by Chief District Medical Officer Sashi Bhusan Panda. They also visited Sargiguda and Pradhaniguda villages under Malkangiri block.
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http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article1325132.ece

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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An older report;

Odisha: Congress MP Pradeep Majhi alleged administrative collapse in handling 11 children death in Malkangiri District
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Report by OD bureau, Malkangiri: After getting information about the propagated unknown disease which took the life of 11 children in POTROL, Ukhanpali, Badili village of Korkonda Block of Malkangiri District, senior congress leader and Local MP Sri Pradeep Majhi visited to the affected block.

Here more than 11 children had died within one month due to affected by an unknown disease. It also chances to grow up it number of death.

In these villages Sri Mukha Madi lost his daughter, Sri Balaram Pangi lost his two daughters at a time and Sri Bhima Madhi lost his one daughter and many more children have been died within the age limit of 2 to 8 yrs. But so miserable that the doctors are till now unable to find its root causes. A sample report has been sent to state laboratory however no comeback has been received even six days past.
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http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=37226

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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24 children die of mysterious disease in Malkangiri
Posted on: 05 Nov 2012, 03:20 PM
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Malkangiri: With 24 children dying of a mysterious disease during last two months in Odisha's Malkangiri district, the government has launched a drive to create health awareness and conduct medical examination in the tribal-dominated district.

"We have collected blood, water and mosquito samples in the affected areas to ascertain the reason behind the death and augmented the drive to create health awareness among the people", chief district medical officer (CDMO), Sashibhushan Panda said.

24 children aged between six months and four years died in some villages under Malkangiri and Korkunda blocks. They had swelling in their eyes, nose and ears accompanied by high fever and blood vomiting leading to death, he said.
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"There is no death of children since the last three days and the situation is under control now", the CDMO said. A team official on condition of anonymity said that the symptoms afflicting the children were akin to Japanese Encephalities or Dengue.
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http://post.jagran.com/24-children-die-of-mysterious-disease-in-malkangiri-1352109014

 

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Tribals appease ?evil spirits? as Japanese Encephalitis claims children?s lives
MALKANGIRI (ODISHA), November 8, 2012

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After 24 children aged below five died of a disease suspected to be Japanese Encephalitis in less than two months, tribal people ? mostly the primitive Koyas ? are under the grip of fear of ?evil spirits.? They are exposed to poor sanitary conditions as their houses are located near cow and pig sheds. Despite that they believe that these spirits are responsible for snatching away the lives of their young. On Wednesday, the residents of Usakapalli conducted a ritual, with egg, rice and some leaves and herbs, in the house of Irma Podiani, one of the five traditional healers in the hamlet (called disari or gunia) to keep the spirits away. ?We think someone tried to steal the treasure belonging to the village deity (grama rakhi). Now she is furious and killed nine children from our village,? Irma told The Hindu.
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The suspected Japanese Encephalitis deaths were caused within 48 to 72 hours of the children developing symptoms such as vomiting, stomach-ache, fever and convulsions. ?I took my son Babuli, 2, on a bike to Balimela, 10 km away. The doctor discharged him after giving a tonic. The next day he died and I had to bury him along with that tonic next day,? said a shell-shocked Irma Sodi (27), a paddy farmer.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/states...tis-claims-childrens-lives/article4075101.ece

 

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Odisha intensifies awareness about unknown diseases that killed 24
New Delhi, Thu, 08 Nov 2012 NI Wire

Waking up to the threat of the unknown disease that claimed at least 24 lives, the government of Odisha has intensified health awareness campaign in tribal-populated Malkangiri district, an official said Thursday.

The awareness campaign was launched keeping in view death of the children aged between two and five years in five villages of the district in September and October, chief district medical officer Sashibhushan Panda told IANS.

Eight deaths have been reported from Potrel and Usakapalli villages each, about 25 km from the district headquarters town of Malkangiri, he said.

The children who died of the disease had symptoms like mild fever and swelling of eyes, noses and ears. In addition, they had other symptoms that resemble those of Japanese Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne virus that kills thousands of children in India every year.

According to Panda, a team of experts visited the affected villages a few days ago and collected about 70 samples to identify the reason behind the deaths. The results of these investigations are supposed to come in three-four days, he said.

To control this disease, health awareness campaigns in the affected villages have been intensified. The villages are inhabited mostly by tribals who were not keen to visit nearby health centres and were depending on witch doctors for cure, Panda said...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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'Unknown killer' of kids identified as Japanese encephalitis
TNN | Nov 10, 2012, 07.13AM IST


BHUBANESWAR: The 'unknown' fever, which killed several children in Malkangiri district between October 9 and November 1, seems to have been decoded with Japanese encephalitis (JE) being cited as the cause of the disease. According to official figures, 23 children succumbed to the disease, while the unofficial toll stood at 40.

Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) sent a report to the state integrated disease surveillance cell saying they found JE virus in 10 samples in the affected areas. "We tested children suffering in the area for various diseases such as dengue, JE and Chandipura virus. Ten samples tested positive for JE," RMRC director S K Kar told TOI.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...apanese-encephalitis/articleshow/17165742.cms