Pigs from Indore may have brought JE virus to New Delhi

[Shiloh]

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ave-brought-JE-virus/articleshow/11369231.cms

Pigs from Indore may have brought JE virus
Jan 5, 2012, 02.14AM IST

NEW DELHI: Pigs brought to the city from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, could be behind the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the city. This is what the latest report on the screening of blood samples collected from the swine and subsequent investigations carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has revealed. According to the civic body, at least three pigs transported to the city from Indore by local traders for slaughtering have tested positive for the JE virus...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Pigs from Indore may have brought JE virus to New Delhi

Interesting. The article goes on to say;

"He added that in December last year also, when 17 out of 83 blood samples collected from pigs across the city were found positive for JE, the traders had claimed that the swine were mostly brought from Indore and Gurgaon. Both the mega-cities have not reported any JE cases so far but health officials say that the infection may be present in pigs at a sub-clinical level."

The NVBDCP and the State Health Department have no record for any Human cases of JE in Madhya Pradesh, but hospital records for MY hospital in Indore indicate at least 140 fatalities at that hospital alone in eight months in 2011. It will be interesting to see if pressure from Delhi can force the MP MOH to come clean....